Lewis P. Featherstone
| Lewis Porter Featherstone | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district |
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In office March 5, 1890 – March 3, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | William H. Cate |
| Succeeded by | William H. Cate |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
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In office 1887-1888 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 28, 1851 Oxford, Mississippi |
| Died |
March 14, 1922 (aged 70) Longview, Texas |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Political party | Democrat, Union Labor, Populist |
| Spouse(s) | Alice White Featherstone |
| Alma mater | Cumberland University |
| Profession |
planter politician lobbyist railroad owner |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank |
first lieutenant captain |
| Unit | First United States Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
planter politician
lobbyist
first lieutenant
Lewis Porter Featherstone (July 28, 1851 – March 14, 1922) was a planter and farm activist who served as a Labor Party U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Born in Oxford, Mississippi, Featherstone was the eldest son of Lewis H. and Elizabeth (Porter) Featherstone. He attended the common schools and Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He married Alice White in 1874, and the couple had five children.
Featherstone engaged in planting in Shelby County, Tennessee from 1872 to 1881. He moved to Forrest City in St. Francis County, Arkansas, and continued as a planter.
As a Democratic member, Featherstone served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1887 and 1888. He was elected president of the Agricultural Wheel (a farmers' organization) in 1887 and reelected in 1888. In 1888, he ran as a Labor Party candidate against Democrat William H. Cate for the Fifty-first Congress; although Cate was initially declared re-elected, Featherstone challenged on the grounds of election fraud. Following the Featherstone v. Cate hearings held in the U.S. House of Representatives, Featherstone was seated in Congress in 1890 and served until March 3, 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Union Labor ticket for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.
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