Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a

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from

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. Born in Coney,

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, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, and a business school in

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. He moved to

Montezuma, Georgia Montezuma is a city in Macon County, Georgia ( ZIP code 31063). The population was 3,047 at the 2020 census, down from 3,460 in 2010. It is home to the armory of Bravo Company, 648th Engineers of the Georgia Army National Guard. History Montez ...

, in 1871 and engaged in

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and

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pursuits. He served as a member of the State senate in 1894 and 1895. Lewis was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress. He engaged in his former business activities until his death in

, on December 10, 1920. He was interred in Felton Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Elijah Banks 1854 births 1920 deaths People from Crisp County, Georgia American people of Welsh descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Montezuma, Georgia 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives