High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert E. Lewis (April 3, 1857 July 31, 1941) was a United States federal judge. Lewis was born in Cass County, Missouri. Lewis studied at Westminster College, Missouri in Fulton. After this he read law in 1880. He was in private practice in Clinton, Missouri from 1880 to 1897. He was a Prosecuting attorney of Henry County, Missouri from 1883 to 1887. He was a Republican candidate for State Governor, Missouri in 1896. He was a judge on the 4th Judicial District of Colorado from 1903 to 1906. Lewis was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Lewis was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on April 9, 1906, to a seat vacated by Moses Hallett. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 10, 1906, and received his commission the same day. Lewis's service was terminated on December 1, 1921, due to appointment to another judicial position.