Matthew Levy (politician)
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Matthew Levy (May 1848 – July 24, 1933) was a teacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Madison County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1882 and 1883.[1]
He studied at Alcorn University. He opposed discriminatory voter registration laws.[2] He lived in Jackson, Mississippi and was a pallbearer for lawyer John F. Harris of Greenville, Mississippi.[3] He married Cornelia Jones. He eventually moved to Liberty, Arkansas, and is buried at the Peters Cemetery in Lee County, Arkansas.[1]
He may have been a son of Chapman Levy.
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