Humphrey H. Leavitt
| Humphrey Howe Leavitt | |
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| United States District Court for the District of Ohio and the Southern District of Ohio | |
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In office June 30, 1834 – April 1, 1871 |
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| Appointed by | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Tappan |
| Succeeded by | Philip Bergen Swing |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th district |
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In office March 4, 1833 – July 10, 1834 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Kilgore |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 11th district |
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In office December 6, 1830 – March 4, 1833 |
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| Preceded by | John M. Goodenow |
| Succeeded by | James Martin Bell |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the Jefferson County district |
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In office December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829 |
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| Preceded by | William Lowery |
| Succeeded by | Henry Swearingen |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Jefferson County district |
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In office December 5, 1825 – December 3, 1826 Serving with William Hamilton |
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| Preceded by | William Hamilton William Lowery |
| Succeeded by | James R. Wells John McLaughlin |
| Personal details | |
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June 18, 1796 Suffield, Connecticut |
| Died | March 15, 1873 (aged 76) Springfield, Ohio |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Jacksonian |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Antoinette McDowell |
| Children | three |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Humphrey Howe Leavitt (June 18, 1796 – March 15, 1873) was an Ohio attorney and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio and as a United States District Court judge.
Born in Suffield, Connecticut to an old New England family involved in the purchase of the Western Reserve from the state of Connecticut, Leavitt moved to the Northwest Territory in 1800 with his parents, Capt. John Wheeler Leavitt and Silence (Fitch) Leavitt, who settled in what became Trumbull County, Ohio. (The town of Leavittsburg in Trumbull County was named for the family.) While still an adolescent, Leavitt served in the United States Army during the War of 1812.
After beginning his career as a schoolteacher, Leavitt moved into the law. In 1816 he read law and was admitted to the bar, beginning his practice in Cadiz, Ohio. He was a justice of the peace for Harrison County, Ohio from 1818 to 1820. He moved to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1819, and he began his service as prosecuting attorney of Jefferson County in 1823.
In 1825, Leavitt was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and in 1827 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate, serving until 1828. Following this term of service, he worked as a clerk of the common pleas and supreme court of Jefferson County from 1828 to 1832.
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