Charles H. Leavy
| Charles Leavy | |
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Leavy in April 1940
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |
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In office February 25, 1942 – August 31, 1952 |
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| Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Edward E. Cushman |
| Succeeded by | George Hugo Boldt |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1937 – August 1, 1942 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel B. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Walt Horan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charles Henry Leavy February 16, 1884 York, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 25, 1952 (aged 68) Tacoma, Washington |
| Cause of death | Heart ailment |
| Resting place | Mountain View Memorial Park Tacoma, Washington |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Pearl Williams Leavy |
| Children | 2 sons Charles W. Leavy James Leavy (d.1987) |
| Residence |
Tacoma, Washington (1942–1952) Veradale and various locations in eastern Washington |
| Alma mater |
Kansas City School of Law, Bellingham Normal School |
| Profession | Judge, Lawyer, Educator |
Charles Henry Leavy (February 16, 1884 – September 25, 1952) was a congressman from eastern Washington and a federal judge.
Born on a farm near York, Pennsylvania, Leavy moved to Kansas City, Missouri, with his parents in 1887. He attended the public schools of Missouri and the Warrensburg Normal School, the Bellingham Normal School in western Washington, and the Kansas City School of Law in Missouri. Leavy taught school in Missouri near Independence from 1903 to 1906, and in eastern Washington at Everson, Touchet, Kahlotus, and Connell from 1906 to 1913.
Leavy studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Newport in northeast Washington. He served as prosecuting attorney of Pend Oreille County from 1915 to 1918, and moved south to Spokane in 1918, where he was special assistant U.S. district attorney for eastern Washington 1918-1921. He was prosecuting attorney of Spokane County from 1922 to 1926, until elected a judge of the superior court of the State of Washington in November 1926, where he served ten years. He ran for the open U.S. Senate seat of Clarence Dill in 1934, but was unsuccessful in the primary against Lewis B. Schwellenbach, a Seattle attorney raised in Spokane, who easily won the general election over Reno Odlin of Olympia.
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