Levi Pawling (July 25, 1773 – September 7, 1845) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for

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from 1817 to 1819. Levi Pawling was born in Fatland, Pennsylvania, near

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. He graduated from the

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, and moved to Norristown in November 1795. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1795 and practiced in Norristown and Philadelphia. He served as trustee of lands belonging to the University of Pennsylvania, and was appointed chairman of the commission to raise funds relative to lock navigation on the

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in 1816. Pawling was elected as a Federalist to the

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Congress. He was elected burgess of Norristown in 1818 and served as president of the board of directors of the Bank of Montgomery County. He died in Norristown in 1845. Interment in St. John's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery.

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