| Birth Date: | 1865 2, md=yes |
| Birth Place: | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Office1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1913 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1915 Alongside: John M. Morin, Anderson H. Walters, Arthur R. Rupley |
| Preceded1: | District established |
| Succeeded1: | John R.K. Scott, Thomas S. Crago, Daniel F. Lafean, Mahlon M. Garland |
| Office2: | Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Term Start2: | 1896 |
| Term End2: | 1899 |
| Preceded2: | Henry Willard Allison |
| Succeeded2: | James L. Schaadt |
| Term Start3: | 1902 |
| Term End3: | 1905 |
| Preceded3: | James L. Schaadt |
| Succeeded3: | Dr. Alfred J. Yost |
| Term Start4: | 1932 |
| Term End4: | 1936 |
| Preceded4: | Malcolm W. Gross |
| Succeeded4: | Malcolm W. Gross |
Fred Ewing Lewis (February 8, 1865 - June 27, 1949) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1] [2]
Fred Ewing Lewis was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on February 8, 1865. He attended the Collegiate and Commercial Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, and Muhlenberg College in Allentown. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1888, and began the practice of his profession in Allentown.[3] [4]
He served as Mayor of Allentown in 1896 and 1902. He organized and was president of the Merchants' National Bank and was president of the Dime Savings & Trust Co. in Allentown.[5] [6]
Lewis was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress. After his time in Congress, he resumed his profession and also engaged in banking.[7] [8]
He then served again as mayor of Allentown from 1932 to 1936.[9] [10]
Lewis died in Allentown on June 27, 1949, at age 84, and was interred in that city's Union-West End Cemetery.[11] [12]