Elijah Lewis

Elijah Lewis

Seal

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1821-1822 Representative Federalist
1822-1823 Representative Federalist
1823-1824 Representative Federalist
Counties Chester

Biography

05/02/1778 - 09/02/1861


LEWIS, Elijah, a Representative from Chester County; born, May 2, 1778 in Pennsylvania; farmer; elected, auditor, Chester County (1817); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1821-1822, 1822-1823 and 1823-1824 terms; appointed, justice of the peace (1827); elected, commissioner, Chester County (1836); died, September 2, 1861 in Willistown, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Willistown Friends Cemetery, Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 


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