Levin Gale

Levin Gale ( born April 24, 1784 in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, † December 8, 1834 ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1829 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Levin Gale was the son of Congressman George Gale ( 1756-1815 ). He attended the common schools. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Elkton to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1816 he was a member of the Senate of Maryland. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1826 Gale was in the sixth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Edward Mitchell on March 4, 1827. Since he resigned in 1828 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1829. This was determined by the fierce debate between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Gale practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 8 December 1834 in his home town of Elkton.