Barbour Lewis

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(January 5, 1818 — July 15, 1893) Lewis was a lawyer, judge, and politician. Barbour Lewis was born in Alburg, Vermont in 1818 and moved to Tennessee after the Civil War in 1863. He graduated from Illinois College, in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1846. He studied law in the law department of Harvard University and was admitted to the bar. During the Civil War, Lewis enlisted in the Union Army and served as a captain. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, Lewis was appointed to the United States Land Office in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served in that capacity until 1879, when he retired to the Territory of Washington. There, he raised stock until his death in 1893. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000271]

Member of Tennessee Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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