Samuel W. Lewis (born c. 1845) was a Canadian-born American schoolteacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Madison County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1884-1885. [1] [2]
He was born in Canada circa 1845 [1] and arrived in the U.S. around 1868 and naturalized as a U.S. citizen September 14, 1876. [3] He had a wife called Ida and they had three children. [1] He was a Republican. [4]
He and other “colored” House members made vigorous protest of accusation of corruption against them from the Watchman newspaper. [5]
He was chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for the Seventh District. [6]
