Joseph Lewis, Jr.

Joseph Lewis, Jr.

Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Loudoun County
In office 1817 Alongside Robert Braden
In office 1799–1802 Alongside William Noland and Stephen Roszel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	John Taliaferro
Succeeded by	Charles F. Mercer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district
In office March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1813
Preceded by	John Randolph
Succeeded by	Hugh Caperton
Chairman of the House Committee on the District of Columbia
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	John Love
Succeeded by	John Dawson
In office March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	John Love
Personal details
Born	1772 Virginia
Died	March 30, 1834 (aged 61–62) Clifton, Virginia
Political party	Federalist Party

Joseph Lewis, Jr. (1772 – March 30, 1834) was an 18th-century and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

Born in Virginia, Lewis served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1799 to 1803. He was then elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1802, serving from 1803 to 1817. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia from 1807 to 1809 and again from 1811 to 1813. Lewis returned to the House of Delegates in 1817 and 1818. He died in Clifton, Virginia on March 30, 1834.