Elliott H. Levitas

Elliott H. Levitas

Elliott Harris Levitas (born December 26, 1930 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is a former American politician . Between 1975 and 1985 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Elliott Levitas attended Boys High School in his hometown of Atlanta and then studied at Emory University there until 1952 . Between 1955 and 1958 he served in the US Air Force . After studying law at the University of Oxford in England and the University of Michigan and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Atlanta. Politically, Levitas joined the Democratic Party . Between 1965 and 1974 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1964 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention , at which President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for re-election.

In the 1974 congressional election , Levitas was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Republican Benjamin B. Blackburn on January 3, 1975 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1985 . In the 1984 election, Levitas was defeated by Republican candidate Pat Swindall . Then he withdrew from politics. Today he lives in Atlanta.

Web links

• Elliott H. Levitas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Elliott H. Levitas in nndb (English)