About Lewis Poe
Lived 1801 – 1941. Lewis Poe was an American lawyer.
Lewis M. Poe was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1934 to 1936 and was the third Mayor of Tulsa from 1900 to 1901.
Biography Lewis M. Poe was born on August 29, 1863, in White County, Arkansas. He was one of the two authors of Tulsa's incorporation papers alongside Harry Campbell in 1898. He was elected Mayor of Tulsa in 1900 and served until 1901. He was a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention and the first district judge for Tulsa County after Oklahoma statehood. He later served in the 15th Oklahoma Legislature representing Tulsa County.
He died on March 8, 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Lewis Poe died on 8 March 1941.
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