Bio: William Mallory Levy Natchitoches Parish La
Submitted by: Kay Thompson Brown

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William Mallory Levy
 1827-1882


Mr Levy was a Representative from Louisiana

Born in Isle of Wight, Va., October 31, 1827

Schooling:
completed preparatory studies
graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1844

He served in the Mexican War as second lieutenant in Company F, First
Regiment, Virginia Volunteers; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; commissioned captain of Company A, Second Louisiana Infantry, May 11,
1861; subsequently served as a major in the Adjutant General's Department;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in
Norfolk, Va.. 

In 1852 he moved to Natchitoches, La. and continued the practice of law. In
1859-1861 he was a member of the State house of representatives; elected as a
Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876; member of the State
constitutional convention in 1879; appointed associate justice of the State
supreme court in 1879 and served until his death in Saratoga, N.Y., August 14,
1882.  

He is buried  in the American Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.