Elliott H. Levitas
| Elliott H. Levitas | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin B. Blackburn |
| Succeeded by | Pat Swindall |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
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In office 1965–1974 |
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Elliott Harris Levitas December 26, 1930 Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Alma mater |
Henry W. Grady High School |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Judaism |
Henry W. Grady High School
Emory University
Elliott Harris Levitas (born December 26, 1930) is a former U.S. Representative from Georgia's 4th congressional district.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Levitas graduated in 1948 from Henry W. Grady High School there. He attended Emory University in Atlanta, where he was a member of the secret honor society D.V.S.
In 1956, he earned a Juris Doctor from the Emory University School of Law. A Rhodes scholar, he received a masters of law degree in 1958 from University of Oxford in England.
He conducted additional study in law at the University of Michigan from 1954 to 1955. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1955 and commenced practice in Atlanta. He was in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1958. Levitas was a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which nominated the Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert H. Humphrey ticket, the first Democratic slate to lose the electoral votes of Georgia since the Reconstruction era.
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