Biography

07/22/1776 -

LEWIS, John, Jr., a Representative from Delaware County; born, July 22, 1776 in Springfield, Delaware County, Pa.; proprietor, paper mill and paper manufacturer; postmaster, United States Postal Service, St. David’s; unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Delaware County (1810, 1813); unsuccessful campaign, director of the poor, Delaware County (1815); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1817, 1818); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1821-1822 term; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1822); died, June 16, 1866 in Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Springfield Friends Burial Ground, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.