Charles H. Leavy | |
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 Leavy in April 1940 | |
| Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |
| In office August 31, 1952 – September 25, 1952 | |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |
| In office February 25, 1942 – August 31, 1952 | |
| Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Edward E. Cushman |
| Succeeded by | George Hugo Boldt |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWashington's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1937 – August 1, 1942 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel B. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Walt Horan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Henry Leavy (1884-02-16)February 16, 1884 |
| Died | September 25, 1952(1952-09-25) (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Mountain View Memorial Park Tacoma,Washington |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Tacoma,Washington |
| Education | Kansas City School of Law read law |
Charles Henry Leavy (February 16, 1884 – September 25, 1952) was aUnited States representative fromWashington and aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Born on February 16, 1884, on a farm inYork,York County,Pennsylvania, Leavy moved with his parents toKansas City,Missouri with his parents in 1887, and attended the public schools of Missouri.[1] He attended the Warrensburg Normal School (now theUniversity of Central Missouri), the Bellingham Normal School (nowWestern Washington University) and theKansas City School of Law (now theUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law) and thenread law in 1912.[1] He taught school nearIndependence, Missouri from 1903 to 1906, and atEverson,Touchet,Kahlotus, andConnell,Washington from 1906 to 1913.[1] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice inNewport, Washington starting in 1912.[1] He was prosecutor forPend Oreille County, Washington from 1914 to 1918.[1] He was anAssistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington from 1918 to 1921.[1] He was prosecutor forSpokane County, Washington from 1922 to 1926, one of his deputy prosecutors beingEdward M. Connelly.[2] He was a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Washington from 1926 to 1936.[3]
Leavy ran for the openUnited States Senate seat ofClarence Dill in 1934,[4] but was unsuccessful in the primary againstLewis B. Schwellenbach,[5] aSeattle attorney raised in Spokane, who easily won thegeneral election over Reno Odlin of Olympia.[6]
Leavy was elected as aDemocrat fromWashington's 5th congressional district to theUnited States House of Representatives of the75th,76th, and77th United States Congresses and served from January 3, 1937, until his resignation on August 1, 1942, to accept an appointment to the federal bench.[1]
Leavy's publicly stated ambition was to become a federal judge.[7] Leavy was nominated by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt on October 23, 1941, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated by JudgeEdward E. Cushman.[8][9] He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on February 18, 1942, and received his commission on February 25, 1942.[10] He assumedsenior status due to a certified disability on August 31, 1952.[10] He had been diagnosed with a heart condition approximately a year earlier and had a paralytic stroke on September 11, 1952.[11] His service terminated on September 25, 1952, due to his death inTacoma, Washington.[10] He was interred in Mountain View Memorial Park in Tacoma.[1]
Leavy was married to Pearl Williams Leavy and had two sons.[11][12]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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