Ron Lewis
| Ronald E. "Ron" Lewis | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 2nd district |
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In office May 24, 1994 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | William Natcher |
| Succeeded by | Brett Guthrie |
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September 14, 1946 McKell, Greenup County, Kentucky |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Kayi Lewis |
| Residence | Cecilia, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | University of Kentucky, Morehead State University |
| Occupation | College professor, minister, salesman |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Ronald E. "Ron" Lewis (born September 14, 1946) is an American retired politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994 to 2009, having represented the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky.
Lewis announced on January 29, 2008, that he would not run for an eighth term.
Lewis was born in McKell near South Shore in Greenup County in far northeastern Kentucky. He graduated in 1964 from McKell High School. He attended Morehead State University in Morehead in Rowan County from 1964 to 1967 and graduated from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science. Lewis returned to Morehead in 1980 to earn a master's degree in professional education in 1981.
At twenty-one, Lewis worked in the 1967 gubernatorial campaign of Louie B. Nunn of Glasgow. Nunn's victory got Lewis a state job for a time and encouragement to run in 1971 for the Kentucky House of Representatives in his native Greenup County. Though he lost the legislative race in a Democratic year in Kentucky, Lewis maintained an interest in GOP politics. In 1972, Lewis served briefly in the U.S. Navy, attending the Navy Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida; a kidney ailment resulted in a quick medical discharge .
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