Edward J. Lewis
Democratic
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-05-1855 | Democratic | AD-13 | 0 | Win |
| 09-02-1857 | Democratic | AD-13 | 0 | Win |
| 09-04-1867 | Democratic | SD-25 | 0 | Win |
| 11-03-1868 | Democratic | SD-25 | 0 | Win |
| 09-06-1871 | Democratic | Lieutenant Governor | 57397 | Loss |
| 09-07-1875 | Democratic | SD-29 | 0 | Win |
| 09-04-1877 | Democratic | SD-29 | 0 | Win |
| Website: | www.findagrave.com/memorial/121947065/edward-j-lewis |
Candidate Biography:
Edward Jefferson Lewis
Born: 1832 in Middleton, Connecticut
Married: Anita C. Chard
Children: 8 (including John W., Nettie, Edward J., Wirt P., Charles N., and Leland Stanford Lewis)
Died: April 20, 1881 in Red Bluff, CA
1864: Presidential Elector
1869-1870: President pro Tempore, California State Senate
1878: President pro Tempore, California State Senate
- Lewis was likely the youngest member of the Assembly in 1855 at age 23.
- Be Fruitful and Multiply: Lewis had eight children.
Source: Directory of the California Legislature. Twenty-First Session, 1875-6 by William Halley (1876)
Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
Source: "Pen Portraits" Compiled by R.R. Parkinson, Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton as part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
Source: Anthropographic Chart of the 17th Session of the Legislature... (Sacramento; Russell & Winterburn's, 1867)