Levin Gale was an American politician. Born in Elkton, Maryland

Elkton, Maryland

The town of Elkton is the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,893 as of the 2000 census and 14,842 according to current July 2008 census estimates. It is the county seat of Cecil County...

, Gale attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Elkton. He was member of the Maryland State Senate

Maryland State Senate

The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland...

 in 1816, and was elected from the sixth district of Maryland

Maryland's 6th congressional district

Maryland's 6th congressional district elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives from the northwest part of the state. Today the district comprises all of Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick and Carroll Counties, as well as portions of Montgomery, Baltimore, and...

 as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twentieth Congress, and served from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1828, and resumed the practice of law. He died in Elkton.

His father, George Gale

George Gale (congressman)

George Gale was an American politician and the first representative of the fifth congressional district of Maryland....

, was also a Congressman from Maryland.