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Leftwich, Jabez, born in Caroline county, Virginia, in 1766; moved with parents to Bedford county in 1770; attended the com- mon schools; inspector general with the rank of colonel on the staff of his brother, Ccn. Joel Leftwich, in the revolution ; repre- sented Bedford county in the state legisla- ture, 1812-1821 ; elected to the seventeenth and eighteenth congresses (March 4, 1821- March 3, 1825) ; defeated for the nineteenth congress ; removed to Madison county, Ala- bama, in 1825; member of the Alabama leg- islature; died near Huntsville, Alabama, June 22. 1855. He was the son of Augustine Leftwich, who died in 1795.

Lewis, Charles S.» native of Clarksburg, West Virginia ; completed preparatory stud- ies : elected as a Democrat to the thirty-third congress, to fill vacancy caused by the death o^ John F. Snodgjass, and served from De- cember 4, 1854, to March 3, 1855.

Lewis, Joseph, Jr., born in Virginia in 1772; elected as a Federalist to the eighth, and to the six succeeding congresses (March 4. iSo3-March 3, 1817) : died at Clifton. \'ir- ginia. March 30, 1834.

Lewis, Thomas, born in Augusta county, Virginia; attended the common schools; presented credentials as a representative- elect to the eighth congress, and served from March 4. 1803, to March 5, 1804, when he was succeeded by Andrew Moore, who con- tested his election. By formal action of the house of representatives, counsel for the claimants were heard at the bar of the house in this case.

Lewis, William J., born near Lynchburg, Virginia; attended the common schools; member of the house of delegates ; elected as

a Republican to the fifteenth congress March 4, 1817-March 3. 1819) ; died near Lynchburg. Virginia. November i, 1828.

Love, John, pursued an academic course ; elected as a Republican to the tenth and eleventh congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 181 1) ; died August 17, 1822.

Loyall, George, born in Norfolk, Virginia, May 29, 1789; was graduated from William and Mary College in 1808; visited England in 181 5 ; member of the house of delegates in 1817-1827; delegate in the state constitu- tional convention of 1829; successfully con- tested the election of Thomas Newton to the twenty-first congress, and served from March 9, 1830, to March 3. 1831 ; reelected to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth con- gresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837) ; navy agent in Norfolk, Virginia, 1837-1861, with the exception of two years; died in Norfolk. Virginia, February 24, 1868.

Lucas, Edward, born in Jefferson county, Virginia (now West Virginia), October 22, 1790; attended the common schools and Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; officer in the war of 1812: studied law, was admitted to the bar, but did not practice; member of the house of delegates ; elected as a Jackson Democrat to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth congresses (March 4, 1833- March 3, 1837) ; military storekeeper of ord- nance at the Harper's Ferry Armory, May 12, 1847. ""^iJ his death, in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, March 4, 1858.

Lucas, William, born near Charles Town, Jefferson county. West \*irginia, November 30, 1800; attended the public schools in Charles Town ; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Charles Town,

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