Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - Lewis waxaa loo doortay xubin Dimuqraadi ah oo ka tirsan Golaha Guud ee New Jersey oo ka tirsan Degmada Hudson sanadkii 1878. Waxa kale oo uu ka mid ahaa ergooyinka Shirweynihii Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee 1880
iyo xubin ka tirsan guddiga gobolka New Jersey ee xisbiga Dimuqraadiga 1884, markii uu ka qayb qaatay ololihii doorashada madaxtinimada ee Grover Cleveland. Kadib doorashadii Cleveland, Lewis waxaa loo magacaabay &lt;a href="United%20States%20Ambassador%20to%20Portugal"&gt; Wasiirka Deganaanshaha / Qunsulka Guud ee Portugal&lt;/a&gt; Abriil 2, 1885. Wuxuu adeegay illaa Juun 14, 1889, markii uu ku laabtay Hoboken si uu dib ugu bilaabo shaqadiisa sharciga.