Edgar C. Levey
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Edgar C. Levey was a Republican Speaker of the California Assembly and an assistant District Attorney in San Francisco in the early 1900s.
. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of California
in 1903 and his law degree from Hastings College of Law in 1905. In 1906, he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for San Francisco under D.A. Hiram Johnson
. Levey left the D.A.'s office in 1910 to go into private practice.
Levey married Emily Newman in 1916 and raised two children: Janet Therese and Elaine Alice. He was President of the Native Sons of the Golden West
and was a Master of Masons. He served 1917-1918 as Great Sachem (state president) of the Great Council of California, Improved Order of Red Men, oldest fraternal order of American origin (dating back to the Committees of Correspondence in the original Thirteen Colonies of 1765). He had been initiated into Oshonee Tribe No. 78 of San Francisco on March 31, 1909; served as Sachem (local president) in the first half of 1911. He served as the Great Incohonee (national president) of the Order 1938-1940 and presided in the latter year at Columbus, Ohio. "His administration as Great Incohonee was distinguished by two major tasks. The first was to establish a national magazine and the second was the creation of an Organization Department" (to extend the Order into new territories). Upon the completion of his service on the national board he was appointed to the Great Board of Appeals (national judicial body) on which he served until his death in 1962. In November 1924 he was first elected to the legislature to represent San Francisco's 28th Assembly District. In the legislature, Levey chaired a committee to investigate the need for motor laws and mandatory automobile liality insurance. Levey was re-elected to his Assembly seat in 1926, 1928, 1930, and 1932. Levey was elected the 42nd Speaker of the Assembly in 1927. He served three terms as Speaker. Levey was succeeded by Walter J. Little as Speaker in January 1933.
In 1934, Levey ran for the U.S. Congress, but lost the Republican primary for Congressional District 4. In November 1936, Levey returned to the Assembly for one term. In 1938, he ran for Senate District 14 and lost. He tried to reclaim his old Assembly seat in the reapportioned 19th Assembly District in 1944 but lost.
Levey died on October 8, 1962 at Hahnemann Hosptial in San Francisco.
Biography
Edgar C. Levey was born in San Francisco in 1881 and graduated from Lowell High SchoolLowell High School (San Francisco)
Lowell High School is a public magnet school in San Francisco, California. The school opened in 1856 as the Union Grammar School and attained its current name in 1896. Lowell moved to its current location in the Merced Manor neighborhood in 1962....
. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
in 1903 and his law degree from Hastings College of Law in 1905. In 1906, he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for San Francisco under D.A. Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Warren Johnson was a leading American progressive and later isolationist politician from California; he served as the 23rd Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945.-Early life:...
. Levey left the D.A.'s office in 1910 to go into private practice.
Levey married Emily Newman in 1916 and raised two children: Janet Therese and Elaine Alice. He was President of the Native Sons of the Golden West
Native Sons of the Golden West
-History:The Native Sons of the Golden West was founded July 11, 1875 by General A. M. Winn, a Virginian, as a lasting monument to the men and women of the Gold Rush Days...
and was a Master of Masons. He served 1917-1918 as Great Sachem (state president) of the Great Council of California, Improved Order of Red Men, oldest fraternal order of American origin (dating back to the Committees of Correspondence in the original Thirteen Colonies of 1765). He had been initiated into Oshonee Tribe No. 78 of San Francisco on March 31, 1909; served as Sachem (local president) in the first half of 1911. He served as the Great Incohonee (national president) of the Order 1938-1940 and presided in the latter year at Columbus, Ohio. "His administration as Great Incohonee was distinguished by two major tasks. The first was to establish a national magazine and the second was the creation of an Organization Department" (to extend the Order into new territories). Upon the completion of his service on the national board he was appointed to the Great Board of Appeals (national judicial body) on which he served until his death in 1962. In November 1924 he was first elected to the legislature to represent San Francisco's 28th Assembly District. In the legislature, Levey chaired a committee to investigate the need for motor laws and mandatory automobile liality insurance. Levey was re-elected to his Assembly seat in 1926, 1928, 1930, and 1932. Levey was elected the 42nd Speaker of the Assembly in 1927. He served three terms as Speaker. Levey was succeeded by Walter J. Little as Speaker in January 1933.
In 1934, Levey ran for the U.S. Congress, but lost the Republican primary for Congressional District 4. In November 1936, Levey returned to the Assembly for one term. In 1938, he ran for Senate District 14 and lost. He tried to reclaim his old Assembly seat in the reapportioned 19th Assembly District in 1944 but lost.
Levey died on October 8, 1962 at Hahnemann Hosptial in San Francisco.