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Levi Casey (politician)

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Levi Casey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1803 – February 3, 1807
Preceded byThomas Moore
Succeeded byJoseph Calhoun
Member of the South Carolina Senate
In office
1800–1802
In office
1781–1782
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1798–1799
In office
1792–1795
In office
1786–1788
Personal details
Bornc. 1752 (1752)
Province of South Carolina, British America
DiedFebruary 3, 1807(1807-02-03) (aged 54–55)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeCongressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceSouth Carolina State Militia
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

General Levi Casey (c. 1752 – February 3, 1807) was an American veteran of the Revolutionary War who served two terms as a United States representative from South Carolina from 1803 to 1807.

Early life and Revolutionary War

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He was born in the Province of South Carolina and served in the South Carolina militia during the American Revolutionary War. Son of Abner Casey, he served in the American Revolutionary War along with his step brothers, brother(s) and nephews. One of his stepbrothers, Benjamin Casey was killed in action at Camp Middlebrook, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Duckett in 1775. He reached the rank of brigadier general in the South Carolina militia. After the war, he served as justice of Newberry County Court in 1785.

State legislature

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Casey was a member of the South Carolina Senate in 1781 and 1782 and 1800–1802 and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1786 to 1788, 1792 to 1795 and 1798 to 1799.

Congress

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He was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his death, before the close of the Ninth Congress. Prior to dying, he had been reelected to the Tenth Congress.

Death and burial

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He died in Washington, D.C., February 3, 1807 and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery.

See also

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References

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  • United States Congress. "Levi Casey (id: C000226)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Levi Casey at Find a Grave
  • General Levi Casey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dallas, Texas
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th congressional district

1803–1807
Succeeded by