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Robert W. Levering

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American politician
Bob Levering
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th district
In office
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
Preceded byJ. Harry McGregor
Succeeded byJohn M. Ashbrook
Personal details
BornRobert Woodrow Levering
(1914-10-03)October 3, 1914
Fredericktown, Ohio
DiedAugust 11, 1989(1989-08-11) (aged 74)
Fredericktown, Ohio
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRosemary Burdick Levering
Alma mater

Robert Woodrow Levering (October 3, 1914 – August 11, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1959 to 1961.

He was the son-in-law of Usher L. Burdick and brother-in-law of Quentin N. Burdick.

Biography

Born near Fredericktown, Ohio was son of Gertrude Alice and Daniel Lloyd Levering, Levering graduated from Fredericktown High School. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1936 from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, and his Bachelor of Laws in 1940 from George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. He was a librarian at the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1941, and was a lawyer in private practice.

Early career

In July 1941, he became a civilian attorney working for the United States War Department in Manila, Philippines, where he became a prisoner of war during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He served as assistant attorney general of Ohio from 1949 to 1950. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to Congress in 1948, 1950, 1954, and 1956.

Military service

Levering was in the United States Army Reserve and was promoted to Major in 1960.

Congress

Levering was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-seventh Congress in 1960 and for election in 1962, 1964, and 1968.

Death and burial

He died on August 11, 1989, in Fredericktown, Ohio, and his remains were cremated.

Publications

  • Levering, Robert (1948). Horror trek; a true story of Bataan, the death march and three and one-half years in Japanese prison camps. Horstman Printing Co. ISBN 0806210362. OCLC 1168285.

References

  1. "'March of Death' Survivor Speaker For Monday Talks", The Newark Advocate and American Tribune, Newark, Ohio, volume 178, number 84, February 6, 1947, page 8. (subscription required)
  2. "Know Your Candidates", News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, volume 80, number 234, October 27, 1964, page 14. (subscription required)
  3. Constable, George. "Seven Local Contests To Be Decided", Mansfield News-Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, volume 76, number 245, November 6, 1960, page 37. (subscription required)

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJ. Harry McGregor Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th congressional district
1959-1961 		Succeeded byJohn M. Ashbrook
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th congressional district
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