LEVY, Jefferson Monroe (1852-1924)
Democrat of New York 
14th congressional district
Served in House 1899-1901 , 1911-1915
Biography
Representative from New York; born in New York City April 16, 1852; attended public and private schools; was graduated from the New York University Law School in 1873; was admitted to the bar and practiced in New York City; from his uncle, Commodore Uriah P. Levy, he inherited ``Monticello'' (formerly the estate of Thomas Jefferson); elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in New York City; elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915); was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; resumed the practice of his profession in New York City and died there March 6, 1924; interment in Cypress Hills Cemetery.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
