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and Spokane County Washington."  Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.  

LAWRENCE L. LEWIS

	By dint of unremitting application, always bearing in mind the remote goal
to which he was tending, Lawrence L. Lewis has patiently mounted the ladder
round  upon round until he stands today a recognized factor in western
educational circles, and a prominent member of the Idaho bar. A native of
Illinios, he was born in Marion, Williamson county, November 30, 1870, his
parents being William T., and Anne Ary (Howell) Lewis. After the usual grammar
and high-school education he attended Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso,
Indiana, and was graduated from that institution in 1894, receiving the degree
of B. S. He then entered the teaching profession accepting the position of
principal of the high school in his native town, and remained there one year,
returning to Valparaiso University for post-graduate study, remaining until
January 1, 1896. He then departed for the west, arriving in Heppner, Oregon, on
April 13, 1896, and made his residence, in that locality during the summer of
that year. Being elected to the position of superintendent of schools in
Pendleton, Oregon, he removed thither, teaching school during the ensuing year.
By this time Mr. Lewis had already established for himself the reputation of
being a progressive educator, well prepared for his work and energetic and
determined in the execution of his duties, and was thereupon called to take the
chair at the head of the science department in the Eastern Oregon State Normal
school at Weston, Oregon. This position he filled with much credit to himself
and to the permanent benefit of the school, since his liberal policy in the
organization of the department of science and the thoroughly modern equipment
which he was largely instrumental in securing, have advanced the reputation of
the school in no small degree.
	From the time when he made his earliest plans in regard to the future Mr.
Lewis had in mind ultimately to enter the law as his profession, and being at
length prepared to gratify his desire, he left Weston, Oregon, and entered the
law school of the University of Michigan in the fall of 1899, receiving his
degree of LL. B. in 1902. He then returned to the west where his services in the
educational field were again needed, and in 1903 he founded the high school at
Canyon City, Grant county, Oregon, teaching there during the years 1903-4 and
1904-5. He holds a life diploma as a teacher from the state of Oregon, and is
vitally interested in the problems of modern education and the development of
the school system in the state of his adoption. In February, 1906, he took up
the practice of law, beginning his career in Baker City, Oregon. On July 8th, of
the same year, he came to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he opened a law office and
established a practice which has been steadily increasing in scope and
importance. In 1907 he was appointed by United States District Judge Frank S.
Dietrich the referee in bankruptcy for the county of Kootenai, state of Idaho.
Mr. Lewis, who is a member of the bar of the supreme courts of Michigan, Oregon
and Idaho, and also of the United States courts, has built up his reputation in
the law by his conscientious regard for the ethics of his profession quite as
much as by his excellent handling of the cases entrusted to him and his
vigilance in safeguarding the interests of his clients.
	In his political views Mr. Lewis is a conservative, being a republican of
the old school, and in fraternal circles he is connected with the Masonic order,
holding membership in Weston Lodge No. 65, F. & A. M., Weston, Oregon, and Blue
Mountain Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M., of Canyon City, Oregon. He is also identified
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows through Weston Lodge No. 58. As one of
the prominent residents of Coeur d'Alene he takes an active interest in the
civic welfare of his community and also in the advancement of its commercial
growth, supporting financially and with his encouragement every measure that
will contribute to the public good.

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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in October 2015 by Diane Wright.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.