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Benjamin Harry Lewis Full Name: Benjamin Harry "Ben" Lewis Date of birth: September 10, 1921 Date of death: September 27, 1998 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 51-5 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th (1)   Democrat Richardson / Dallas   Dallas H 51-5 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Richardson / Dallas   Dallas H 51-5 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Richardson / Dallas   Dallas (1) Sworn 11/20/1964. Oaths of Office.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Biographical Sketches Obituary, Ben H. Lewis, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 9/29/1998. Birth date 9/10/1921 in Louisa County, Virginia, death date 9/27/1998 in Dallas, Texas. Ancestry.com. Military Service Notes United States Air Force. Ben Harry Lewis, birth date 9/10/1921, death date 9/27/1998. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. Ancestry.com. United States Air Force, World War II. Military grave marker, Ben H. Lewis, birth date 9/10/1921, death date 9/27/1998, burial in Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County. Find a Grave. Other Resources Benjamin Harry Lewis, death date 9/27/1998 in Dallas. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998. Ben H. Lewis, birth date 9/10/1919, death date 9/27/1998, residence in Dallas. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index. Photographs Photograph. Ben Lewis, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben H. Lewis, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben H. Lewis, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben Lewis, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 59th R.S. - 1965 Federal Relations   Labor   Military and Veterans' Affairs   Motor Traffic   57th R.S. - 1961 Banks and Banking (Chair)  Congressional and Legislative Districts   Insurance   Municipal and Private Corporations (Vice Chair)  Paintings in the House of Representatives   Poet Laureate Selection, Special   State Affairs   56th R.S. - 1959 Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments and Agencies   Conservation and Reclamation   Criminal Jurisprudence   Insurance   Public Health

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