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Lewis Patrick Stearnes
Sessions Served: 1901 - 1910
- Birth Date: December 31, 1849 Birth Place:Franklin County, Virginia
- Death Date: September 24, 1922
- Gender: Male Race: Caucasian
- Spouse: Bently King (m. October 7, 1874)
- Children: 5 children
- Religion: Methodist Episcopal Church
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- Occupation/Profession: Railway agent and telegraph operator
- Memberships/Affiliations: Newport News General Hospital (director), Newport News and Old Point Railway and Electric Company (stockholder and director), Newport News Publishing Company (president), and director in one national and two state banks in Newport News
- Additional Info: Collector of customs, appointed by President Cleveland in 1893
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
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| 1901-1904 | New Kent, Charles City, James City, Warwick, York, Williamsburg and Newport News | Democrat | Federal Relations and Resolutions
Finance Immigration |
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| 1904 | Newport News | Democrat | House Expenses (Chair) Finance Immigration |
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| 1910 | Newport News | Democrat | Chesapeake and its Tributaries Currency and Commerce Finance |
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