Lewis E. Eliason (September 15, 1850 – May 2, 1919)
was an American politician who served as the List of Lieutenant Governors of Delaware, fifth

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following ...

, from January 16, 1917, until his death on May 2, 1919. A Democrat, he served under

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

Governor John G. Townsend, Jr., as the two offices were elected independently at the time. He remains the state's only lieutenant governor to die in office.

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Delaware's Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant Governors of Delaware 1850 births 1919 deaths 19th-century American politicians Delaware Democrats {{Delaware-politician-stub