Lewis Williams Douglas

1894 - 1974  (79 years)

• Name	Lewis Williams Douglas
  Birth	2 Jul 1894	Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, United States
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	6941612
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6941612
  Occupation	Canada-United States
  	Congressman, military, House of Representatives, etc.
  	U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Amherst College Massachusetts, in 1916 and then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During World War I, he served overseas as a First Lieutenant on the G-3 staff, 91st Division, US Army. After the war, he was an instructor of history at Amherst College in 1920, engaged in the mining business and was a member of the Arizona State House of Representatives, (1923-25). In 1927, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation in 1933. He was appointed Director of the Budget by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served until he resigned in 1934. He was vice president of a chemical company, (1934-38) and principal of McGill University Canada, (1938-39). During World War II, he was deputy administrator of the War Shipping Administration, (1942-44) and US Ambassador to Great Britain, (1947-50). He also was director, General Motors Corporation, (1944-65), chairman of Southern Arizona Bank & Trust Company, (1949-66), the President to head Government Study of Foreign Economic Problems in 1953 and a member of President Johnson's Task Force on American Indians, (1966-67). Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
  _UID	6EE6FA47A5DC4FF4B8D9B5F1D6C71D80CA84
  Death	7 Mar 1974	Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States
  Person ID	I32928	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	James Stuart Douglas,   b. 19 Jun 1868, Inverness, Centre-du-Quebec Region, Quebec, Canada d. 2 Jan 1949, Montr?al (city/cit?), Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Josephine Leah Williams,   b. 20 Jul 1872, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, United States d. 6 Jul 1941, Los Angeles County, California, United States (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F11220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret S. Zinsser,   b. 5 Aug 1898, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, United States d. 15 Aug 1992, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States (Age 94 years)
  Children	+ 1. Lt. James Stuart Douglas, II,   b. 20 Jun 1922, New York, United States d. 31 Mar 1997, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F11222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 2 Jul 1894 - Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, United States Death - 7 Mar 1974 - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States  = Link to Google Earth