death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize profession order term_start image name predecessor birth_place jr/sr party state district successor article_title
9 april 1939 18 may 1863 april 4 , 1919 april 9 , 1939 march 3 , 9 1899 , 1939 march 4 , 1919 march university of virginia washington , d.c. 240px lawyer 1st and 5th senate majority whip march 26 , 1913 march 4 , 1931 march 4 , 4 1897 , 1933 march 4 , 1913 march hamilton lewis.jpg james hamilton lewis simeon s. deneen william h. doolittle d. fess office created shelby moore cullom charles danville , virginia this infobox officeholder . code has been disabled per template talk : democratic illinois washington at-large sherman slattery francis w. cushman minton charles curtis joseph m. mccormick james m. j. hamilton lewis

j. hamilton lewis

james hamilton lewis -lrb- may 18 , 1863 -- april 9 , 1939 -rrb- was the first senator to hold the title of whip in the united states senate .
lewis was born in danville , virginia , and also grew up in augusta , georgia .
he was educated at the university of virginia and studied law in savannah , georgia before he served in the spanish -- american war .
