Leavitt, Humphrey Howe

Life Span
to
Full name
Humphrey Howe Leavitt
Place of Birth
Suffield, CT
Burial Place
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
7
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
3
Family
John Wheeler Leavitt (father), Silence Fitch Leavitt (mother), Marie Antoinette McDowell (wife)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Educator
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Presbyterian
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Other
Other Affiliation
Prison Reform
Government
Jackson Administration (1829-37)
Federal Court
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Date Event
Congressman Clement Vallandigham applies for a writ of "Habeus Corpus" in a Cincinnati court
Congressman Clement Vallandigham denied a writ of "Habeas Corpus" in a Cincinnati court
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