Levi Maish
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Levi Maish(November 22, 1837 – February 26, 1899) was aDemocraticmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.
Early life
[edit]Levi Maish was born inConewago Township, York County, Pennsylvania.He attended the common schools and theYork County Academy.He taught school inManchester Townshipand inYork.
Civil War
[edit]During theAmerican Civil War,Maish recruited a company for theUnion Armyin 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 the battle 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.
Education and Pennsylvania state service
[edit]Maish attended lectures in the law department of theUniversity of PennsylvaniaatPhiladelphia,and was admitted to the bar in 1864. He served as a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representativesin 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.
United States House of Representatives
[edit]Maish was elected as a Democrat to theForty-fourthandForty-fifthCongresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878. He was again elected to theFiftiethandFifty-firstCongresses. 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. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Freemasonry
[edit]Maish was made aMasonin York Lodge No. 266, F.&A.M., inYork, Pennsylvaniaon January 6, 1863. He resigned in 1869 to become a warrant member of Zeredatha Lodge No. 451 inYork,of which he was subsequently elected to serve as Worshipful Master in 1873.
References
[edit]- United States Congress."Levi Maish (id: M000072)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- The Political Graveyard
- Zeredatha-White Rose Lodge No. 451, F.&A.M.
- 1837 births
- 1899 deaths
- Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Union Army colonels
- Politicians from York County, Pennsylvania
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers