{{short description|American politician}} {{For|other people with the same name|Joseph Lewis (disambiguation){{!}}Joseph Lewis}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Joseph Horace Lewis | honorific_suffix = | image = Joseph-Horace-Lewis.jpg | alt = A man with receding dark hair and a full, dark mustache wearing a high-collared military jacket | state1 = Kentucky | district1 = 3rd | term_start1 = May 10, 1870 | term_end1 = March 3, 1873 | predecessor1 = Jacob Golladay | successor1 = Charles W. Milliken | office2 = Member of the<br />Kentucky House of Representatives<br />from Barren County | term_start2 = August 2, 1869 | term_end2 = May 1870 | predecessor2 = Basil G. Smith | successor2 = Samuel W. Brents | alongside3 = Basil G. Smith (1850–51)<br />James P. Bates (1851–55) | term_start3 = August 5, 1850 | term_end3 = August 6, 1855 | predecessor3 = James P. Bates<br />William J. Wood Jr. | successor3 = Robinson P. Beauchamp<br />Thomas H. M. Winn | birth_date = {{birth date|1824|10|29}} | birth_place = Barren County, Kentucky | death_date = {{death date and age|1904|07|06|1824|10|29}} | death_place = Scott County, Kentucky | resting_place = Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Whig<br />Democrat | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = Sarah Rogers<br />Cassandra F. Flournoy Johnson | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Centre College | profession = Lawyer | signature = Joseph-Horace-Lewis-sig.jpg | signature_alt = Jos. H. Lewis | footnotes = | nickname = | allegiance = Confederate States of America | branch = Confederate States Army | service_years = 1861-1865 | rank = 35px Brigadier general | unit = 6th Kentucky Infantry Regiment <br> Orphan Brigade | commands = | battles = American Civil War | awards = }}
'''Joseph Horace Lewis''' (October 29, 1824 – July 6, 1904) was an American lawyer, military leader and politician. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later a U.S. representative from Kentucky and justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the court of last resort in Kentucky at the time.
==Early life and family== Joseph H. Lewis was born near Glasgow, Kentucky on October 29, 1824.<ref name=congbio>"Lewis, Joseph Horace". ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''</ref> He was the son of John and Eliza Martz (Reed) Lewis.<ref name=bc157>''Biographical Cyclopedia'', p. 157</ref> His father was a volunteer in the War of 1812, serving under Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans.<ref name=bc157 />
Lewis attained his early education in the local public schools.<ref name=congbio /> He then matriculated to Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, graduating in 1843.<ref name=congbio /> After graduation, he read law under Judge C. C. Thompkins.<ref name=bc157 /> He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Glasgow.<ref name=congbio />
Lewis married Sarah Rogers, who died in 1858.<ref name=bc157 /> The couple had two children – John Lewis and Eliza (Lewis) Burnham.<ref name=bc157 />
==Political career== Lewis was elected as a Whig to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1850.<ref name=bc157 /> He was re-elected twice, serving until 1855.<ref name=bc157 /> After the collapse of the Whig Party, Lewis became a Democrat.<ref name=bc157 /> He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1856 and 1860.<ref name=congbio />
In September 1861, Lewis volunteered for service in the Confederate Army and was commissioned colonel of the 6th Kentucky Infantry.<ref name=bc157 /> Following the Battle of Chickamauga, he was promoted to brigadier general for meritorious conduct.<ref name=bc157 /> He was given command of the Orphan Brigade and remained their commander until the end of the war.<ref name=bc157 />
After the war, Lewis returned to Glasgow and resumed the practice of law.<ref name=congbio /> He was again elected to the Kentucky House in 1868 and chaired that body's Committee on Education.<ref name=bc157 /> In 1870, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob S. Golladay.<ref name=congbio /> At the next general election, he was elected to a full term.<ref name=bc157 /> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1872.<ref name=congbio /> In all, he served from May 10, 1870, to March 3, 1873.<ref name=congbio />
After retiring from Congress, Lewis briefly returned to the practice of law.<ref name=congbio /> He was elected judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1874.<ref name=congbio /> He was re-elected to subsequent terms and served until 1898.<ref name=congbio /> In 1883, Lewis married a widow named Cassandra F. Flournoy Johnson.<ref name=bc158>''Biographical Cyclopedia'', p. 158</ref>
After leaving the court, Lewis moved to a farm in Scott County, Kentucky near Georgetown, where he died on July 6, 1904.<ref name=congbio /> He was interred in Glasgow Cemetery.<ref name=congbio />
==See also== {{portal|American Civil War|Biography}} *List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)
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==References== *{{cite book |title=Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky |publisher=J.M. Gresham Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |year=1896 |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028804122}} {{CongBio|L000289}} * Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. {{ISBN|978-0-8047-3641-1}}. * Sifakis, Stewart. ''Who Was Who in the Civil War.'' New York: Facts On File, 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-8160-1055-4}}. * Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. {{ISBN|978-0-8071-0823-9}}.
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