Charles S. Lewis
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Charles Swearinger Lewis (February 26, 1821 - January 22, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Lewis attended local schools and Ohio University at Athens. He was graduated from Augusta (Kentucky) College in 1844. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Clarksburg, Virginia. He served as member of the State house of delegates 1849-1852.
Lewis was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John F. Snodgrass and served from December 4, 1854, to March 3, 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Clarksburg. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1861. He served in the West Virginia House of Representatives in 1871. He was State superintendent of free schools and adjutant general of the State of West Virginia from 1871 to 1873. He resigned upon his election as judge of the second judicial circuit and served until his death in Clarksburg, W.Virginia, January 22, 1878. He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
