Asbury Francis Lever
| Asbury Francis Lever | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 7th district |
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In office November 5, 1901 – August 1, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | J. William Stokes |
| Succeeded by | Edward C. Mann |
| Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture | |
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In office March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | John Lamb |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert N. Haugen |
| Chairman of the House Committee on Education | |
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In office March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
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| Preceded by | James F. Burke |
| Succeeded by | Dudley M. Hughes |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
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In office 1901 |
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January 5, 1875 Lexington County, South Carolina |
| Died | April 28, 1940 (aged 65) Lexington County, South Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lucile Scurry Butler |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater |
Newberry College Georgetown University Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever (January 5, 1875 – April 28, 1940) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Frank Lever was born near Springhill, Lexington County, South Carolina on January 5, 1875. He was the son of a farmer, Asbury Francis Washington Lever, and Mary Elvira Derrick. He attended the county schools and graduated from Newberry College with honors in 1895. He taught school for two years.
He moved to Washington, D.C. as the private secretary to Representative J. William Stokes from 1897 to 1901. He graduated from the Law Department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1899 and was admitted to the bar in South Carolina the same year but did not practice.
He married Lucile Scurry Butler in 1911. They had two children.
He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1896 and 1900. He was elected a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1901. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. William Stokes was reelected to the Fifty-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from November 5, 1901, until August 1, 1919.
Lever was the chairman of the House Committee on Education from 1911 to 1913 (Sixty-second Congress) and Committee on Agriculture (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses). His major legislative achievements were in the area of state and federal efforts in agricultural and rural life. Major bills were the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 that established the Cooperative Extension Service, the Cotton Futures Act of 1914, the Cotton Warehouse Act of 1916, Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 that created the Farm Credit Administration, and the Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 that created a Food Administration and a Fuel Administration for World War I.
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