RALPH H. LEWIS

Sacramento County

Biographies

RALPH H. LEWIS

RALPH H. LEWIS.—A lawyer with a successful practice as a high-principled attorney, is Ralph H. Lewis, who was born at Windsor, Colo., on November 9, 1892, the son of C. C. and Etta (Butler) Lewis, the latter now deceased, after a life of blessed usefulness to others. The couple were pioneers, and contributed what they could for the betterment of the new and fast-developing country in which they for years pitched their tent.

Ralph Lewis owes his formal education to the grammar and high schools for which Colorado has long been famous, and the University of Colorado, where he pursued excellent courses for two years, an also Drake University, of Des Moines, from whose law school, in 1915, he was graduated with the LL. B. degree. Since 1916 he has been practicing his profession in Sacramento. He was also city prosecuting attorney for a short time, thereby adding to his experience. He is a Democrat, in respect to his bias of matters of national import, but too broad-minded to be anything else than a good "non-partisan booster," and a man-above-party.

In 1917, Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Anne Zangerle, a native daughter and a member of an interesting California family; and they have two children, Clifford and Jerome. For four months, during the World War, Mr. Lewis served his country, as a soldier in the United States Army, and now he belongs to the American Legion. When at Drake University, he was on the football, basket-ball and track teams, and he is naturally fond of outdoor life. He joined the Sigma Chi fraternity of the University of Colorado, and today belongs to the Sciots, the Masonic order, American Legion, and the Y. M. C. A. He is also an esteemed member of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, and is deeply interested in all that pertains to the historic past and the prospective future of Sacramento County.

Transcribed 8-6-07 Marilyn R. Pankey.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 987. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.