Mordecai Marks Levy was a pharmacist, merchant, and newspaper editor who served as sheriff and as a state legislator in South Carolina. He was part of

Camden, South Carolina Camden is the largest city and county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina. The population was 7,764 in the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Camden is the oldest inland city in South Caro ...

’s Jewish community. He represented Kershaw in the state legislature from 1834 to 1838 and was a candidate for U.S. Congress in 1836. As editor of the ''Camden Commercial Courier'', he voiced opposition to abolitionist efforts from the North. In 1841 he signed on to a letter supporting a General Bankrupt Law in the U.S. Senate.

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