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Humphrey Howe Leavitt

Humphrey Howe Leavitt

Ohio Southern District Court

Born 1796 in Suffield, CT

Died 1873 in Springfield, OH

FJC ID: 1360

Humphrey Howe Leavitt (June 18, 1796 – March 15, 1873) was a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. representative from Ohio
    1830–1834
  2. Jefferson County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas and Supreme Court
    Clerk · 1829–1832
  3. Jefferson County, Ohio
    Prosecutor · 1823–1829
  4. Ohio
    State senator · 1827–1828
  5. Ohio
    State representative · 1825–1826
  6. Private practice, Steubenville, Ohio
    1820–1823
  7. Private practice, Cadiz, Ohio
    1816–1820
  8. Harrison County, Ohio
    Justice of the peace · 1818–1820
  9. Monroe County, Ohio
    Prosecutor · 1818–1820
  10. War of
    War of
    U.S. Army · 1812

Appointments

  1. Ohio Southern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
    1855–1871 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Retirement
  2. U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio
    1834–1855 · Appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment
  3. District Court, D. Ohio
    District Court, D. Ohio
    1834–1855
    Term ended: other_pos

Education

  1. Read law
    1816