Samuel W. Lewis (politician)

Samuel W. Lewis (born c. 1845) was a Canadian-born American schoolteacher and state legislator in Mississippi.

[1][2] He was born in Canada circa 1845[1] and arrived in the U.S. around 1868 and naturalized as a U.S. citizen September 14, 1876.

[4] He and other “colored” House members made vigorous protest of accusation of corruption against them from the Watchman newspaper.

[5] He was chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for the Seventh District.

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