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Georgia's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia.The district was represented by Democrat John Lewis from January 3, 1987, until his death on July 17, 2020.
Charles Jeremy Lewis (October 21, 1934 – July 15, 2021) was an American politician who was a U.S. representative, last serving California's 41st congressional district. [1] He was first elected to Congress in 1978, and previously represented the 40th, 35th, and 37th districts.
Rep. John Lewis, the sharecroppers' son who became a giant of the civil rights movement, died Friday after a monthslong battle with cancer, his family said. The longtime Georgia congressman, an ...
In March 2015, on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama, the first African-American U.S. president, delivered a speech at the foot of the bridge and then, along with former U.S. President George W. Bush, Representative John Lewis, and Civil Rights Movement activists such as Amelia Boynton Robinson (at Obama's side ...
John Lewis was born in La Grange, Illinois, and after his parents' divorce moved with his mother, a trained singer, to Albuquerque, New Mexico when he was two months old. . She died from peritonitis when he was four and he was raised by his grandmother and great-grandmoth
TROY, Ala. (AP) — There’s now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the late civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis grew up as one of 11 children.
Jason Mark Lewis [1] (born September 23, 1955) is an American politician and former conservative radio personality who served as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district from 2017 until 2019.
John Edward James (born June 8, 1981) is an American businessman, combat veteran, and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 10th congressional district since 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A member of the Republican Party , he was the party's nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020 .