Thomas D. Lewis
(1865-1965)

8th District Representative

Republican

Yes

30

September 15, 1865

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

March 14, 1965

Ettie Victoria Ellerbeck (1869-1935) Married June 9, 1896

Lawyer

Thomas David Lewis graduated from the University of Deseret in 1886 as one of the first to receive a bachelor's degree from the institution. Following graduation, Lewis taught school and worked as deputy county recorder of Salt Lake County. He then attended and graduated from the University of Michigan with a law degree in 1891. Lewis was politically active in the years prior to statehood. As a representative, "he was chairman of the committee on elections, in which capacity he rendered marked service in perfecting the election laws passed, and he was equally as valuable as a member of the judiciary committee and on the floor" (Drumm 1896, 69).

Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7.

Image of Thomas D. Lewis by courtesy of HathiTrust Cropped from page 56 of Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7?urlappend=%3Bseq=62