Fred Ewing Lewis (February 8, 1865 – June 27, 1949) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania."Lewis, Fred Ewing" (L000283), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online March 4, 2023."Lewis, Fred Ewing." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
Early life and education Fred Ewing Lewis was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on February 8, 1865. He attended the Collegiate and Commercial Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, and Muhlenberg College in Allentown. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1888, and began the practice of his profession in Allentown."Lewis, Fred Ewing," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Lewis, Fred Ewing," The Political Graveyard.
Career He served as mayor of Allentown in 1896 and 1902. He organized and was president of the Merchants' National Bank and was president of the Dime Savings & Trust Co. in Allentown."Lewis, Fred Ewing," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Lewis, Fred Ewing," The Political Graveyard.
Lewis was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress. After his time in Congress, he resumed his profession and also engaged in banking."Lewis, Fred Ewing," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Lewis, Fred Ewing," The Political Graveyard.
He then served again as mayor of Allentown from 1932 to 1936."Lewis, Fred Ewing," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Lewis, Fred Ewing," The Political Graveyard.
Death Lewis died in Allentown on June 27, 1949, at age 84, and was interred in that city's Union-West End Cemetery."Lewis, Fred Ewing," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Lewis, Fred Ewing," The Political Graveyard.
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