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Levi Maish (November 22, 1837 – February 26, 1899) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Levi Maish was born inConewago Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and theYork County Academy. He taught school inManchester Township and inYork.
During theAmerican Civil War, Maish recruited a company for theUnion Army in 1862, and because of this, joined the130th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as a Captain. He was promoted tolieutenant colonel because of his education. In less than two months, he was involved in theBattle of Antietam, wounded severely in the upper chest and lung, leading an advance across the cornfield in front of the initially strong defensive position of the sunken road. During his convalescence, he was promoted tocolonel after theBattle of Fredericksburg. He was mustered out with his regiment at the expiration of its term of service on May 21, 1863.
Maish attended lectures in the law department of theUniversity of Pennsylvania atPhiladelphia, and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He served as a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1867 and 1868. He was appointed by the legislature in 1872 as one of a commission to reexamine and reaudit the accounts of certain public officers ofYork County, Pennsylvania.
Maish was elected as a Democrat to theForty-fourth andForty-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878. He was again elected to theFiftieth andFifty-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890. He was engaged in the practice of law inWashington, D.C., until his death there in 1899.
Maish was buried inOak Hill Cemetery.[1] He was interred inArlington National Cemetery.
Maish was made aFreemason in York Lodge No. 266, F.&A.M., inYork, Pennsylvania on January 6, 1863. He resigned in 1869 to become a warrant member of Zeredatha Lodge No. 451 in York, of which he was subsequently elected to serve asWorshipful Master in 1873.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1887–1891 | Succeeded by |
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