John Wood Lewis, Sr.

John Wood Lewis, Sr.

John Wood Lewis, Sr. (February 1, 1801 – July 11, 1865) was a lawyer and politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.

Lewis was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He was a member of the South Carolina state legislature, 1830–31; member of Georgia Senate, 1845; Senator from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63.

He died in Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia.

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html Brief bio]

s-ttl | title = Confederate States Senator from Georgia
years = 1862–1863
alongside = Benjamin Harvey Hill

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