About Samuel S. Lewis
Lived 1874 – 1959 (aged 84). Samuel S. Lewis was an American politician and lawyer.
Samuel S. Lewis (February 17, 1874 – January 15, 1959) was the 17th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943.
Lewis was born in York, Pennsylvania. He was elected Pennsylvania Auditor General in 1921 and then served as Pennsylvania Treasurer from 1925 through 1929. During the 1931-1935 administration of Gifford Pinchot, he was the Secretary of Highways and spearheaded the governor's ambitious rural transportation initiative. From 1952 through 1955, he was Governor John S. Fine's Secretary of Forests & Water. In 1954, he donated 35-acres of land in York County, Pennsylvania, which became the Samuel S. Lewis State Park.
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American politician
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Samuel S. Lewis was born on 17 February 1874 in York.
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Samuel S. Lewis died on 15 January 1959.
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Samuel S. Lewis was a politician and lawyer.
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