LEWIS, Joseph, Jr. (1772-1834)

Federalist of Virginia

8th congressional district

Served in House 1803-1817

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Biography

Representative from Virginia; born in Virginia, 1772; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1799-1803; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1817); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Tenth and Twelfth Congresses); again a member of the Virginia state house of delegates in 1817 and 1818; died in Clifton, Va., March 30, 1834.
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