Background
Lewis, William Draper was born on April 27, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Fannie Hannah (Wilson) Lewis.
Lewis, William Draper was born on April 27, 1867 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry and Fannie Hannah (Wilson) Lewis.
Bachelor of Science, Haverford, 1888. Bachelor of Laws, and Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1891. Doctor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1926, Haverford College, 1938.
Instructor legal history institutions, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1891. Lecturer on economics, Haverford College, 1890-1896. Professor of law and dean law Department, University of Pennsylvania, 1896-1914, professor of law until September 1924.
Director of America Law institute June 1923-June 1947.
Author: Federal Power Over Commerce and Its Effect on State Action, 1891. Our Sheep and the Tariff, 1891.
Restraint of Infringement of Incorporeal Rights, 1904. Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
Also numerous articles on legal economic and historical topics for periodicals.
Editor: Lewis’ Edition Greenleaf’s Evidence, 3 volumes, 1896. Wharton’s Criminal Law, 10th edit, 2 volumes, 1895. Lewis’ edit Blackstone’s Commentaries, 4 volumes, 1897.
Digest of Decisions of United States Supreme Court and Circuit Court of Appeals, 1 volunteer, 1897.
Pepper & Lewis’ Digest of Statutes of Pennsylvania (co-editor), 3 volumes, 1896, and 4 volumes, 1911. Digest of Decisions and Encylopædia of Pennsylvania Laws, 23 volumes
Great American Lawyers, 8 volumes, 1907-1908. Pepper & Lewis’ Cases on Law of Association, Participant I-IX (co-editor), 1909-1910.
Interpreting the Constitution, 1937.
Chairman resolutions (platform) committee 1st and 2d Progressive National Convs., Chicago, 1912 and 1916. Progressive candidate for government of Pennsylvania, 1914. Home: Awbury, Germantown, Philadelphia 38.
Office: 3400 Chestnut Saint, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania
Married Caroline Mary Cope, June 22, 1892.