Levi Ross Mearns (died January 10, 1896) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the Maryland General Assembly, legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House ...

, representing Cecil County from 1868 to 1870 and from 1872 to 1874. He served as a member of the

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from 1882 to 1886.

Career

Levi Ross Mearns was a Democrat. He was a member of the

, representing Cecil County, from 1868 to 1870 and from 1872 to 1874. He was a member of the

, representing Cecil County, from 1882 to 1886.

Personal life

Mearns married Amanda F. Hilaman, daughter of Jacob Hilaman. They had one son, James A. He was friends with Arthur Pue Gorman. Mearns died on January 10, 1896, at the age of 71, at his home near

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. He was buried at Rosebank Cemetery in Calvert.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mearns, Levi R. Year of birth uncertain 1820s births 1896 deaths Politicians from Cecil County, Maryland Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Democratic Party Maryland state senators 19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly