Lewis Ernest Sawyer (June 24, 1867 – May 5, 1923) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Sawyer moved with his parents to

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. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford. He studied law. He was

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and commenced practice at

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, in 1895. He served as mayor of Friars Point from 1896 until he enlisted in the Spanish–American War in June 1898. He served in the Philippine Islands during the war. He resumed the practice of law in

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, in 1900. He moved to

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, in 1908 and continued the practice of his profession. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1913 and 1915 and was its speaker in the latter year. Sawyer was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1923, until his death at

, May 5, 1923. He was interred in Hollywood Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawyer, Lewis Ernest 1867 births 1923 deaths Mayors of places in Mississippi United States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas Speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives People from Shelby County, Alabama People from Lee County, Mississippi People from Friars Point, Mississippi People from Iuka, Mississippi

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