Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An zabi Lewis a matsayin dan majalisa na New Jersey na Majalisar Dattijai daga Hudson County a 1878. Ya kuma kasance wakili ne a 1880 Democratic National Convention
kuma memba na New Jersey Democratic State Committee a 1884, lokacin da ya kasance mai aiki a cikin yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Grover Cleveland. Bayan zaben Cleveland, an nada Lewis &lt;a href="United%20States%20Ambassador%20to%20Portugal"&gt; Ministan Mazaunin / Babban Kwamishinan zuwa Portugal&lt;/a&gt; a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1885. Ya yi aiki har zuwa Yuni 14, 1889, lokacin da ya koma Hoboken don ci gaba da aikinsa na doka.