Levi T. Griffin

Levi T. Griffin

Levi Thomas Griffin (born May 23, 1837 in Clinton , New York , †  March 17, 1906 in Detroit , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1848 Levi Griffin moved to Rochester , Michigan with his parents . Until 1857 he studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1858, he began to work in Detroit in his new profession. Since 1862 he took part in the civil war as an officer in the Union Army . Until 1865, he reached the rank of Brevet - majors . After the war, Griffin worked in a law firm. Between 1886 and 1897 he was a law professor at the University of Michigan. In 1887, he unsuccessfully applied for the position of judge on the Michigan Supreme Court.

Politically, Griffin was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of Congressman John Logan Chipman , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 4, 1893, at the by-election for the first seat in Michigan . Since he in the regular congressional elections of 1894 the Republicans John Blaisdell Corliss was defeated, he could only partially used parliamentary term of his predecessor in until March 3, 1895 Congress quit.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Griffin practiced law again. In 1896 and 1897 he worked as a pension agent in the pension administration.

Web links

• Levi T. Griffin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Levi T. Griffin in the database of Find a Grave (English)