Mordecai M. Levy
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Mordecai M. Levy
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Mordecai Marks Levy was a pharmacist, merchant, and newspaper editor who served as sheriff and as a state legislator in South Carolina. He was part of Camden, South Carolina’s Jewish community. He represented Kershaw in the state legislature from 1834 to 1838 and was a candidate for U.S. Congress in 1836. As editor of the Camden Commercial Courier, he voiced opposition to abolitionist efforts from the North. In 1841 he signed on to a letter supporting a General Bankrupt Law in the U.S. Senate.
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19th-century American politician
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2024-04-09T17:34:18Z
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