Robert S. Lewis

Robert S. Lewis
Robert S. Lewis
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
	In office; 1907–1911
Governor	John Burke
Preceded by	David Bartlett
Succeeded by	Usher L. Burdick
Member of the North Dakota Senate
	In office; 1901–1905
Personal details
Born	August 15, 1856; Iuka, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	May 23, 1956 (aged 99); Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Political party	North Dakota Republican Party
Spouse	Alice Carpenter (m. 1879)
Children	3
Occupation	Banker
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Robert Steele Lewis (August 15, 1856 – May 23, 1956) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor John Burke. Lewis also served in the North Dakota Senate from 1901 to 1905.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Robert S. Lewis was born in Iuka, Mississippi, on August 15, 1856.^[3]

He married Alice Carpenter in 1879, and they had three children.^[4]

Lewis died in Fargo, North Dakota, on May 23, 1956, at the age of 99,^[5] only few months shy of his 100th birthday, making him the oldest statewide officer in the state's history.

Notes

^ North Dakota Blue Book, 1989
^ Hennessy, W. B. (1910). History of North Dakota, Embracing a Relation of the History of the State from the Earliest Times Down to the Present Day, Including the Biographies of the Builders of the Commonwealth. The Bismarck Tribune Company. p. 118. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Google Books.
^ Hyde, C. W. G.; Stoddard, William, eds. (1901). History of the Great Northwest and Its Men of Progress. The Minneapolis Journal. p. 189. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Google Books.
^ Hennessy, W. B. (1910). History of North Dakota, Embracing a Relation of the History of the State from the Earliest Times Down to the Present Day, Including the Biographies of the Builders of the Commonwealth. The Bismarck Tribune Company. p. 118. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Google Books.
^ "Robert S. Lewis, 99, Former N.D. Lawmaker, Dies". The Bismarck Tribune. Fargo. AP. May 23, 1956. p. 16. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] North Dakota Blue Book, 1989

[2] Hennessy, W. B. (1910). History of North Dakota, Embracing a Relation of the History of the State from the Earliest Times Down to the Present Day, Including the Biographies of the Builders of the Commonwealth. The Bismarck Tribune Company. p. 118. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Google Books.

[Northwest-3] Hyde, C. W. G.; Stoddard, William, eds. (1901). History of the Great Northwest and Its Men of Progress. The Minneapolis Journal. p. 189. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Google Books.

[4] Hennessy, W. B. (1910). History of North Dakota, Embracing a Relation of the History of the State from the Earliest Times Down to the Present Day, Including the Biographies of the Builders of the Commonwealth. The Bismarck Tribune Company. p. 118. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Google Books.

[5] "Robert S. Lewis, 99, Former N.D. Lawmaker, Dies". The Bismarck Tribune. Fargo. AP. May 23, 1956. p. 16. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e Governors and lieutenant governors of North Dakota
Governors	J. Miller A. Burke Shortridge Allin Briggs Devine Fancher White Sarles J. Burke Hanna Frazier Nestos Sorlie Maddock Shafer Langer O. Olson Moodie Welford Langer Moses Aandahl Brunsdale Davis Guy Link A. Olson Sinner Schafer Hoeven Dalrymple Burgum
Lieutenant governors	Dickey Allin Wallace Worst Devine Bartlett Lewis Burdick Kraabel Fraine Kraabel Wood Hyland Maddock Carr Olson Welford Thoresen Patterson Oscar Hagen Holt Dahl Schnell Dahl Duffy Dahl Hagen Wenstrom Tighe Larsen Sanstead Sands Meiers Omdahl Myrdal Dalrymple Wrigley Sanford T. Miller