Edgar C. Levey

Edgar C. Levey (August 4, 1881 – October 8, 1962) was an American politician and attorney. He was Speaker of the California State Assembly and an assistant District Attorney in San Francisco in the early 1900s.

Early life Levey was born in 1881 in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Lowell High School. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of California, in 1903. He got his law degree from Hastings College of Law in 1905.

Career In 1906, he was appointed Assistant District Attorney for San Francisco under D.A. Hiram Johnson. Levey left the D.A.'s office in 1910 to go into private practice.

In November 1924, he was first elected to the California State Assembly to represent San Francisco's 28th Assembly District. In the legislature, Levey chaired a committee to investigate the need for motor laws and mandatory automobile liability insurance. Levey was re-elected to his assembly seat in 1926, 1928, 1930, and 1932. Levey was elected the 42nd Speaker of the California State Assembly in 1927. He served three terms as Speaker. Levey was succeeded by Walter J. Little as Speaker in January 1933.

In 1934, Levey ran for the United States Congress, but lost the Republican primary for Congressional District 4. In November 1936, Levey returned to the California State Assembly for one term. In 1938, he ran for Senate District 14 and lost. He tried to reclaim his old Assembly seat in the reapportioned 19th Assembly District in 1944 but lost. Upon the completion of his service on the national board he was appointed to the Great Board of Appeals (national judicial body) on which he served until his death in 1962.

Levey died on October 8, 1962, at Hahnemann Hospital in San Francisco.