district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
1st dean m. gillespie 09 december 1943 washington , d.c. st. louis , missouri democratic party december 9 , 1943 william r. eaton 22 june 1879 march 4 , 1933 lawrence lewis -lrb- politician -rrb-
 colorado lawrence lewis harvard university harvard law school
lawrence lewis -lrb- politician -rrb-

lawrence lewis -lrb- june 22 , 1879 - december 9 , 1943 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from colorado .
born in st. louis , missouri , lewis attended the public schools in evanston , illinois , cambridge , massachusetts , and pueblo , colorado , and the university of colorado at boulder .
he graduated from harvard university in 1901 .
he engaged in newspaper and magazine work in pueblo and denver , colorado from 1901 to 1906 .
he served as assistant instructor in english , harvard university from 1906 to 1909 .
he graduated from the harvard law school in 1909 .
he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in denver , colorado .
he served as member of colorado civil service commission 1917-1918 .
private in the seventeenth observation battery , field artillery , central officers ' training school , october to december 1918 .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1930 to the seventy-second congress .
lewis was elected as a democrat to the seventy-third and five succeeding congresses and served from march 4 , 1933 , until his death .
he was one of the managers appointed by the house of representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against harold louderback , judge of the united states district court for the northern district of california .
he died in washington , d.c. , on december 9 , 1943 .
he was interred in spring grove cemetery , cincinnati , ohio .
