Thomas Lewis, Jr.

George Hancock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1803  March 5, 1804
Preceded by John J. Trigg
Succeeded by Andrew Moore
Personal details
Born (1760-01-26)January 26, 1760
"Lynwood," Augusta County, Virginia
Died 1847 (aged 8687)
Political party Federalist

Thomas Lewis, Jr. (January 26, 1760 – 1847) was an American politician from Rockingham County, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House in 1803 and 1804. Thomas Jr. was the son of Thomas and Jane (Strother) Lewis and was born on his father's plantation of Lynwood in what was then Augusta County.

Although he served nearly a year in Congress, his election had been contested by Andrew Moore. After some consideration in a committee, the House voted on March 5, 1804 to declare his election invalid and awarded his seat to Moore.

Electoral history

1803 - Lewis was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 47.03% of the vote, defeating fellow Federalist John Woodward and Democrat-Republican Andrew Moore; Moore successfully contested the result though, and was seated.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
John J. Trigg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th congressional district

1803–1804
Succeeded by
Andrew Moore
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.