William Mallory Levy (October 31, 1827 – August 14, 1882) was an American lawyer and ConfederateCivil War veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1875 to 1877.
He served in the Mexican War,[1] as second lieutenant in Company F, First Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. He served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.[1] Commissioned captain of Company A, Second Louisiana Infantry, May 11, 1861. He subsequently served as a major in the Adjutant General's Department.
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He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in Norfolk, Virginia. He moved to Natchitoches, Louisiana, in 1852 and continued the practice of law. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1859–1861. He was a Democratic Presidential Elector, 1860.[1]
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Levy was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876.
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After leaving Congress, he served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1879. He was appointed associate justice of the State supreme court in 1879 and served until his death.
^ abcdCelebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 122.
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