David M. Lewis (March 15, 1909 – September 24, 1985) was a justice of the

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from June 21, 1967, to January 6, 1969. Born in

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,"David Lewis, former justice, dies at 76", ''The South Bend Tribune'' (September 25, 1985), p. 13. Lewis received an undergraduate degree from

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and a

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degree from the

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, gaining

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in Indiana in 1932."David Lewis was state chief justice", ''The Indianapolis News'' (September 25, 1985), p. 28.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,
Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices
, ''

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'', Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced i
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From 1938 to 1940, he served as

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for

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. He was also active in

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politics, serving two terms as the chairman for the party in Marion County. In 1967, Governor Roger D. Branigin appointed Lewis to a seat on the Indiana Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice

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, but Lewis declined to run for reelection at the expiration of the term in 1969, returning to private practice until his retirement in 1972. After his retirement, Lewis moved to

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, where he died in a hospital at the age of 76.

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