Francis Draper Lewis was a Pennsylvania lawyer who co-founded the law firm Morgan Lewis at

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in 1873 with

Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr. Charles Eldridge Morgan Jr. (1844–1917) was a Civil War veteran who co-founded the law firm Morgan Lewis at Philadelphia in 1873 with fellow lawyer Francis Draper Lewis. He was twice vice-president of the Philadelphia Law Academy, and served t ...

Early life and marriage

Born in

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on August 29, 1849, his parents were Ann Homer (née Kidder) Lewis and Joseph W. Lewis, Lewis Brothers & Company dry-goods wholesale merchant. On April 28, 1887, he married Mary Humphreys Chandler, daughter of Charles Wesley Chandler (1833 - 1882) and Julia Adelaide Peabody.

Education and career

Lewis graduated from

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in 1869, then from

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in 1871. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1872 and began his practice in the offices of

John Christian Bullitt John Christian Bullitt (1824–1902) was a lawyer and civic figure in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He founded the law firm known today as Drinker Biddle & Reath. Erected in 1907, Bullitt's bronze statue adjacent to City Hall was the ...

. On March 10, 1873, Lewis and Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr. co-founded law firm Morgan Lewis,UPENN
"Charles Eldridge Morgan (1844-1917), ''PENN Biographies'', University of Pennsylvania, 1995. which became

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Mergers with other law firms stimulated global growth and led to ...

in 1883.

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External links

''Lewisiana'' or ''The Lewis letter'' — "A Monthly Inter-Family Paper," Elliot, Conn., USA, 1887.
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