{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank --> | image = Lewis M. Poe.jpg | office = Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | term_start = 1934 | term_end = 1936 | predecessor = Mat X. Beard | successor = Mat X. Beard | constituency = Tulsa County | office2 = 3rd Mayor of Tulsa | term_start2 = 1900 | term_end2 = 1901 | predecessor2 = R. N. Bynum | successor2 = George D. Blakey | party = Democratic Party | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|8|29}} | birth_place = White County, Arkansas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|3|8|1863|8|29}} | death_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. }} '''Lewis M. Poe''' was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1934 to 1936 and was the third Mayor of Tulsa from 1900 to 1901.

==Biography== Lewis M. Poe was born on August 29, 1863, in White County, Arkansas.<ref name="Tribune Obit">{{cite news |title=Lewis M. Poe, Former Mayor, Judge Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tulsa-tribune-lewis-m-poe-former-m/191445054/ |access-date=February 16, 2026 |work=The Tulsa Tribune |date=March 8, 1941 |pages=1-2}}</ref> He was one of the two authors of Tulsa's incorporation papers alongside Harry Campbell in 1898.<ref name="City Bio" /> During his 1900 election campaign Poe, a Democrat, faced Republican candidate Edward E. Calkins.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Overall |first1=Michael |title=Enthusiastic advocate: Edward Calkins survived the Civil War and a dynamite mishap before winning Tulsa’s first mayoral race |url=https://www.tulsapeople.com/city-desk/enthusiastic-advocate-edward-calkins-survived-the-civil-war-and-a-dynamite-mishap-before-winning-tulsa/article_1d5330ea-a5c0-11ee-8d9d-a3ef42e2c0a1.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=TulsaPeople Magazine |date=29 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He was elected Mayor of Tulsa in 1900 and served until 1901. He was a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention and the first district judge for Tulsa County after Oklahoma statehood.<ref name="City Bio">{{cite web |title=Gallery of Mayors |url=https://www.cityoftulsa.org/government/mayor-of-tulsa/gallery-of-mayors/ |publisher=City of Tulsa |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref> He later served in the 15th Oklahoma Legislature representing Tulsa County.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Armstrong |first1=Connie G. |title=Oklahoma Almanac 2015-2016 |date=2015 |publisher=Oklahoma City, OK : Oklahoma Department of Libraries |isbn=978-1-880438-15-2 |page=791 |url=https://archive.org/details/oklahomaalmanac20000arms_t1j9/page/790/mode/2up |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>

He died on March 8, 1941, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Espinosa |first1=Rik |title=Fathers Found |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/fathers-found/article_dc8afd98-6872-51e3-8f07-161b2d528ef8.html |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Tulsa World |date=18 May 1997 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Tribune Obit" />

==References== {{reflist}} {{Mayors of Tulsa}}

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