Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Theodore G. Lewis | |
Justice of the | |
Term Start: | November 15, 1934 |
Term End: | December 5, 1934 |
Appointer: | Albert G. Schmedeman |
Predecessor: | Walter C. Owen |
Successor: | Joseph Martin |
Office1: | District Attorney of Dane County |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1921 |
Term End1: | January 1, 1925 |
Predecessor1: | Roman Heilman |
Successor1: | Philip La Follette |
Birth Name: | Theodore Gorman Lewis |
Birth Date: | 19 November 1890 |
Birth Place: | McFarland, Wisconsin |
Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin |
Death Cause: | Pneumonia |
Restingplace: | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
Party: | Democratic |
Allegiance: | United States |
Serviceyears: | 1917 - 1919 |
Rank: | 1st Lieutenant |
Unit: | 32nd Division |
Battles: | World War I |
Mawards: | Purple Heart |
Theodore Gorman Lewis (November 19, 1890December 5, 1934) was an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last 20 days of his life.
Born in McFarland, Wisconsin,[1] Lewis graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1915.[1] He served in the United States Army during World War I, was wounded at Château-Thierry, and was awarded the Purple Heart. Lewis was district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin from 1921 to 1925.[1] [2] He also served as city attorney of Madison, Wisconsin from 1930 to 1933.[2] Lewis was also executive secretary to the governor of Wisconsin. On November 15, 1934, Lewis was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court only to die of pneumonia twenty days later on December 5, 1934, before he could hear a case.[2] [3] [4]