Jefferson Monroe Levy

Jefferson Monroe Levy (* April 16, 1852 in New York City; † March 6, 1924 ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1915 he represented two-time New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jefferson Levy attended both public and private schools. After a subsequent law degree from the Law School of New York University and his 1873 was admitted to the bar he began to work in New York City in this profession. In 1879, he took over the administration of Monticello, the former estate of the late President Thomas Jefferson in 1826. This property was acquired in 1834 by his uncle Uriah P. Levy and remained until 1923, except for the period during the Civil War, in the hands of the Levy family, before it was acquired by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Jefferson Levy invested a lot of money for the maintenance of this property. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1898 Levy was in the 13th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Richard C. Shannon on March 4, 1899. Since he resigned in 1900 to another candidacy, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1901.

According to the preliminary end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Levy practiced as a lawyer again. He was also active in the real estate industry and in the equities business. In the elections of 1910 he was re-elected in the 13th district of his state in Congress, where he replaced Herbert Parsons on March 4, 1911. After a re-election in the 14th district where he could spend up to March 3, 1915 two other legislative periods. During his time in Congress, the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. In 1914 he gave up another candidacy.

After his final retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Levy worked as a lawyer again. He died on March 6, 1924 in New York City.