Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I pootihia a Lewis hei mema Manapori o te New Jersey General Assembly mai i Hudson County i te 1878. He mema ano hoki ia ki te
1880 Democratic National Convention me te mema o te New Jersey Democratic State Committee i te 1884, i te wa i kaha ai ia ki te kaupapa perehitini o Grover Cleveland. Whai muri i te pooti o Cleveland, i tohua a Lewis hei Minita Kaitiaki / Kaunihera Matua ki Portugal i te Paenga-whāwhā 2, 1885. I mahi ia tae noa ki te Pipiri 14, 1889, i te wa i hoki mai ai ia ki Hoboken ki te whakahou i tana mahi ture.