Lewis was elected as a Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from Hudson County in 1878 . He was also a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention and a member of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee in 1884 , when he was active in the presidential campaign of Grover Cleveland . After the election of Cleveland , Lewis was appointed Minister Resident/Consul General to Portugal on April 2 , 1885 . He served until June 14 , 1889 , when he returned to Hoboken to resume his legal practice
1880 Democratic National Convention
1880 Democratic National Convention
Edward Parke Custis Lewis