Background
Lewis, William Henry was born on November 28, 1868 in Berkeley (now part of Norfolk), Virginia, United States. Son of Ashley and Josephine (Baker) Lewis.
Lewis, William Henry was born on November 28, 1868 in Berkeley (now part of Norfolk), Virginia, United States. Son of Ashley and Josephine (Baker) Lewis.
Preparatory education Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, St. Petersburg, Virginia. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1892. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1895.
Began practice at Boston, 1895. Member Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Council, 1899, 1900, 1901. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1902.
Assistant United State Attorneys for Massachusetts, 1903, 04, 05, 06.
Assistant United State Attorneys for 6 North.E. states, for naturalization and other proceedings, 1907-1911. Assistant attorney-general of the United States, March 26, 1911-April 1, 1913.
Member American Bar Association, American Academy Political and Social Science.
Married Elizabeth Baker, of Boston, September 26, 1896.