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{{Short description|19th-century American politician}}Mordecai Marks Levy was a pharmacist, merchant, and newspaper editorWEB,books.google.com/books?id=GGslAAAAMAAJ, Historic Camden: Nineteenth century, Thomas J., Kirkland, Robert MacMillan, Kennedy, July 28, 1965, Kershaw County Historical Society, Google Books, WEB,www.loc.gov/item/sn92065563/, Camden Commercial Courier (Camden, S.C.) 1837-1838, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, 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.WEB,books.google.com/books?id=XZ4YAAAAIAAJ&dq=m.+mordecai+levy+representative+south+carolina&pg=PA664, The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times, Isaac, Landman, Simon, Cohen, July 28, 1943, Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated, Google Books, WEB,books.google.com/books?id=rWx54Ifjl-AC&dq=m.+mordecai+levy+representative+south+carolina&pg=PA408, Historic Camden: Nineteenth century, Thomas J., Kirkland, Robert MacMillan, Kennedy, July 28, 1926, State Company, Google Books, As editor of the Camden Commercial Courier, he voiced opposition to abolitionist efforts from the North.WEB,books.google.com/books?id=rWx54Ifjl-AC&dq=m.+m.+levy+representative+south+carolina&pg=PA140, Historic Camden: Nineteenth century, Thomas J., Kirkland, Robert MacMillan, Kennedy, July 28, 1926, State Company, Google Books, In 1841 he signed on to a letter supporting a General Bankrupt Law in the U.S. Senate.WEB,books.google.com/books?id=qZJHAQAAIAAJ&dq=m.+m.+levy+representative+south+carolina&pg=RA15-PP3, United States Congressional Serial Set, U.S. Government Printing Office, Google Books,

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