Samuel S. Lewis

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Samuel S. Lewis
Auditor General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925
GovernorWilliam Cameron Sproul
Gifford Pinchot
Preceded byCharles Snyder
Succeeded byEdward Martin
Personal details
Born(1874-02-17)February 17, 1874
York, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 15, 1959(1959-01-15) (aged 84)
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician

Samuel S. Lewis (February 17, 1874 – January 15, 1959) was the 17th

lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania
from 1939 to 1943.

Lewis was born in

Pennsylvania Treasurer from 1925 through 1929. During the 1931-1935 administration of Gifford Pinchot, he was the Secretary of Highways and spearheaded the governor's ambitious rural transportation initiative. From 1951 through 1953, he was Governor John S. Fine's Secretary of Forests & Water. [1]
. There is a state park near York named after the former lieutenant governor.

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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
1939–1943
Succeeded by
John Bell
Preceded by
Treasurer of Pennsylvania

1925 – 1929
Succeeded by
Auditor General of Pennsylvania
1921 – 1925
Party political offices
Preceded by
1938
Succeeded by
John Bell
Preceded by Republican nominee for Treasurer of Pennsylvania
1924
Succeeded by
Auditor General of Pennsylvania

1920