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John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
Georgia's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district was represented by Democrat John Lewis from January 3, 1987, until his death on July 17, 2020.
Six months after his death, the late civil rights leader and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis will retain a palpable influence in Congress: The state’s two new Democratic U.S. senators ...
He was endorsed by congressmen Hank Johnson and John Lewis, [22] [23] and state House Democratic leader Stacey Abrams. [24] [25] He also received public support from U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. [26] [27] [28] Ossoff raised over $8.3 million by early April of that year. [29]
Lewis served as a US representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 by President Barack Obama ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age 80.
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922, [1] having been appointed to the seat to replace Thomas E. Watson after his death in September 1922. Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971.
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