William Mallory Levy (October 31, 1827 – August 14, 1882) was an American lawyer and Confederate Civil War veteran who served one term as a

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from

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from 1875 to 1877.

Life and career

Born in

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,''Celebration 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. the son of John B. Levy, Levy completed preparatory studies. He graduated from the

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, in 1844.

Civil War

He served in the Mexican War, as

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in Company F, First Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. He served in the

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during the

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. Commissioned captain of Company A, Second Louisiana Infantry, May 11, 1861. He subsequently served as a major in the Adjutant General's Department.

Early political career

He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in

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. He moved to

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, 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.

Congress

Levy was elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876.

Later career

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.

Death and burial

Levy died in

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on August 14, 1882. His funeral was in the Protestant Episcopal Church in

, and he was interred in the American Cemetery there.

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