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Definition of John L. Lewis
1. Noun. United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969).
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Literary usage of John L. Lewis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes by James Bradley Thayer (1895)
"In the year 1799, the plaintiff became the wife of John L. Lewis. In 1820, George
Starr, the father of the plaintiff, died, seised of the demanded premises ..."
2. Biography of Elisha Kent Kane by William Elder (1858)
"The MW Grand Master, John L. Lewis, Jr., then briefly addressed the audience upon
the melancholy nature of the occasion which had brought them together. ..."
3. West Coast Reporter: Containing All the Decisions as Fast as Filed, of the (1885)
"... that she was lawfully married to John L. Lewis on the twenty-third day of
September, 1799, and that on or about the fifteenth day of January, 1826, ..."
4. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"Resolutions were offered in Congress condemning the miners' attitude and promising
support to the Government in any action taken. President John L. Lewis of ..."
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