{{short description|Welsh-American academic and baseball player (1872-1936)}} {{Other people|Edward Lewis}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Edward Morgan Lewis |image = EdwardMorganLewis.png|alt=Black and white photograph of a man in an overcoat, sitting in a chair visible from the waist up. He is clean shaven, has his hair combed to the side. He wears a calm expression and is looking to the left towards the camera. |caption = Edward M. Lewis circa 1922 |order = President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst) |term_start = 1924 |term_end = 1927 |order2 = 5th President of the University of New Hampshire |term_start2 = 1927 |term_end2 = 1936 | predecessor2 = Ralph D. Hetzel | successor2 = Fred Engelhardt |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1872|12|25}} |birth_place = Machynlleth, Wales |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1936|3|23|1872|12|25}} |death_place = Durham, New Hampshire, U.S. |spouse= Margaret H. Williams <small>(1896–1936)</small> |party= Democratic |alma_mater = Williams College (A.B., A.M.)<br>Boston School of Expression |signature = EdwardMLewis.svg }} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ted Lewis |position=Pitcher |image=Ted_Lewis_1899.png |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1872|12|25}} |birth_place=Machynlleth, Wales |death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1936|3|23|1872|12|25}} |death_place=Durham, New Hampshire |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=6 July |debutyear=1896 |debutteam=Boston Beaneaters |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=26 September |finalyear=1901 |finalteam=Boston Americans |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=94–64 |stat2label=Strikeouts |stat2value=378 |stat3label=Earned run average |stat3value=3.53 |teams= *Boston Beaneaters ({{mlby|1896}}–{{mlby|1900}}) *Boston Americans ({{mlby|1901}}) }} '''Edward Morgan Lewis''' (25 December 1872 – 23 May 1936), otherwise known as '''Ted Lewis''', was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher as well as a professor of English literature, academic administrator, the tenth president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and fifth President of the University of New Hampshire.
==Early life== Lewis was born in 1872 in Machynlleth, Wales. He emigrated to the United States in 1880.<ref name=UNHPapers>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Edward Morgan Lewis Papers, 1927–1936|date=25 June 2014 |url=http://www.library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/edward-morgan-lewis-papers-1927-1936|publisher=University of New Hampshire|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
==Baseball career== Nicknamed "The Pitching Professor" and "Parson", Lewis was an ordained minister who earned a master's degree from Williams College. He was one of three Welsh-born players to break into major league baseball in the U.S. He was 23 years old when he debuted with the Boston Beaneaters on 6 July 1896.
Lewis pitched a full season in 1897 and earned 21 wins. He was one of three Boston pitchers to finish the season with more than 20 wins. Boston won the league pennant that season and repeated as champions in 1898.<ref name="Soos2006">{{cite book|last=Soos|first=Troy|title=Before the Curse: The Glory Days of New England Baseball, 1858–1918, rev. ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLYYVtN7SZ0C&pg=PA102|access-date=21 March 2015|date=11 December 2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2625-6|page=102}}</ref> His 26–8 win–loss record in 1898 amounted to a league-high winning percentage (.765).<ref name=BR>{{cite web|title=Ted Lewis Statistics and History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lewiste01.shtml|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
Lewis earned a 17–11 record in 1899, followed by a 13–12 record in 1900. He finished the 1901 season with a 16–17 record and a 3.53 earned run average (ERA). Lewis finished his career with a 94–64 record and a 3.53 ERA.<ref name=BR/>
==Academic career== After the 1901 season, Lewis retired from baseball to teach full-time at Columbia University. He was instructor of Elocution at Columbia until 1904, when he returned to Williams College as a public speaking instructor and was later made an assistant professor.<ref name=UNHPapers/>
Lewis later left for Massachusetts Agricultural College (MAC), where he served as an English professor, department head and dean.<ref name=UNHPapers/> He was the president of MAC between 1924 and 1927, and when his liberal philosophy created disagreements with the college's trustees, he submitted his resignation.<ref name=Amherst>{{cite web|title=Former chancellors|url=http://www.umass.edu/chancellor/former-chancellors|publisher=University of Massachusetts Amherst|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
Lewis became president of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 1927. The university credits him with continuing the development of the school despite the difficulties associated with the Great Depression. He oversaw the construction of new buildings and athletic fields during his tenure.<ref name=UNHPapers/> A recreational area known as Lewis Fields constructed from December 1933 to September 1936 was named in his honor.<ref name=Fields>{{cite web|title=Guide to the History of Lewis Fields, 1936|date=25 June 2014 |url=http://www.library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/history-lewis-fields-1936|publisher=University of New Hampshire|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> This area includes UNH's college football stadium—now known as Wildcat Stadium—which was known as Lewis Stadium or Lewis Field until it was formally named Cowell Stadium in 1952 in honor of former head coach Butch Cowell.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39816692/lewis_field_to_be_dedicated_on_oct_10/ |title=Lewis Field to be Dedicated on 10 Oct. |newspaper=The Portsmouth Herald |location=Portsmouth, New Hampshire |page=2 |date=3 October 1936 |access-date=29 November 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39817351/unh_football_field_is_cowell_stadium/ |title=UNH Football Field Is Cowell Stadium |agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=21 |date=19 June 1952 |access-date=29 November 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
Lewis remained at UNH until his death in 1936.<ref name=UNHPapers/>
==Political career== Lewis ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Massachusetts' 1st congressional district in 1910 and in its 2nd congressional district in 1914. In 1912, he was chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party's state convention.<ref>{{cite news |volume=26|issue=56|title=Prexy's Career Shows Successes In Many Fields |url=https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2031&context=tnh_archive |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The New Hampshire |date=May 25, 1936}}</ref>
===Electoral history=== {{Election box begin no change | title=Massachusetts' 1st congressional district election, 1910<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campaigns - MA District 01 Race - Nov 08, 1910 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=641551 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = George P. Lawrence (incumbent) |votes = 14,109 |percentage = 48.94 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = Edward M. Lewis |votes = 13,244 |percentage = 45.94 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Socialist Party of America |candidate = Louis B. Clark |votes = 462 |percentage = 5.12 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 27,815 | percentage = 100.00 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=Massachusetts' 2nd congressional district election, 1914<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campaigns - MA District 02 Race - Nov 03, 1914 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=641536 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Frederick H. Gillett (incumbent) |votes = 15,635 |percentage = 56.26 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Bull Moose Party |candidate = Edward M. Lewis |votes = 11,252 |percentage = 40.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Socialist Party of America |candidate = Thomas F. Loorem |votes = 904 |percentage = 3.25 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 27,791 | percentage = 100.00 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
==Personal life== Lewis died of liver cancer in 1936. At the time of his death, he was married and had two sons, a daughter and three grandchildren.<ref name="mourns">{{cite news |volume=26|issue=56|title=University Mourns Death of Pres. Edward M. Lewis|url=https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2031&context=tnh_archive |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=The New Hampshire |date=May 25, 1936}}</ref> He is buried in Durham Cemetery in Durham, New Hampshire.<ref name=BR/> Lewis was friends with poet Robert Frost, who contributed a reading at Lewis's memorial service.<ref name=UNHPapers/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://archive.today/20070613002001/http://www.unh.edu/president/unhpresidentsbios.htm University of New Hampshire: Office of the President] *[https://library.unh.edu/find/archives/university-presidents Full list of University Presidents (including interim Presidents) ], University of New Hampshire Library *[https://library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/edward-morgan-lewis-papers-1927-1936 "Guide to the Edward M. Lewis Papers, 1927-1936"], University of New Hampshire Library {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=l/lewiste01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=lewis-001edw}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929080344/http://ffaith.brynmawrscene.net/index.php/Ted_Lewis Ffaith] *[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lewiste01 Baseball Almanac] *{{Find a Grave|70282788|Ted Lewis}}
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