Washington, Apr. 9.
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, De-morat of Illinois, died here today from a heart attack at the age of 75. He entered the Garfield Hospital this afternoon after returning from Chicago where he had participated in the election campaign of the mayor of Chicago.
Reports from Chicago said speculation was rife as to the successor to the late Senator, but Mr. James Slattery. chairman of the Commerce Commission; Mr. Thomas J. Courtney, the State's Attorney, and Mr. Martin J. O'Brien were mentioned as likely candidates for the vacancy.
Senator Lewis had the distinction of being the only member of Congress to have served two different and widely separated areas in the nation's legislature. He served as Congressman-at-large from Washington, 1897 to 1899, and as Senator from Illinois from 1913 to 1919. He was re-elected in 1930 after a colourful campaign waged against Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mc-Cormick, Republican candidate.
This unique record was only one of the many eccentricities to which Senator Lewis laid claim. His unusual manner and his famous "pink" whiskers, which changed to a mild gray recently, probably served to obscure to a large extent in the public mind an extensive record of achievement.
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