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Lewis was first elected to the State Senate in 1991 after John Seymour resigned after being appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Pete Wilson. In the Republican primary, Lewis defeated both Assemblymembers Nolan Frizzelle and Doris Allen of Cypress, California who later served briefly as Speaker of the Assembly. [3] Lewis is an ...
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.
Senate Majority Leader: John Thune: SD: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2025: Senate Majority Whip: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: Tom Cotton: AR: January 3, 2025: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Shelley Moore Capito: WV: January 3, 2025
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL "I will never forget joining hands with John as members of Congress sang We Shall Overcome at a 2008 ceremony honoring his friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr ...
Dixon Hall Lewis (1802–1848), U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1844 to 1848 J. Hamilton Lewis (1863–1939), U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1913 to 1919 and again from 1931 to 1939 John F. Lewis (1818–1895), U.S. Senator from Virginia 1870 to 1875
The bill would require states with recent histories of discrimination to get federal "preclearance" to change their voting laws.
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.
The nomination originally stood at a 40–40 deadlock, but Vice President Charles G. Dawes did not arrive in the Senate chamber in time to use his tie-breaking vote before Senator Lee S. Overman of North Carolina switched his vote. [7] Coolidge resubmitted the nomination to the Senate, but Warren was again rejected on March 16, by a vote of 39 ...