[1] He was also a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, serving from February until April 1861, when he resigned from office.

[2] In 1861, David P. Lewis was a Deputy to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, representing Alabama.

As a well-known North Alabama Unionist who nevertheless supported the Confederate States of America, he was an attractive candidate for governor.

During his term, unsuccessful attempts were made to pass civil rights legislation that would have barred discrimination by common carriers, hotels, schools, and theaters.

Disillusioned by politics, he returned to the practice of law in Huntsville, where he is interred at Maple Hill Cemetery.