Levin Thomas Handy Irving (April 8, 1828 – August 24, 1892)Levin T. H. Irving Dead
, ''The Philadelphia Times'' (August 25, 1892), p. 2. was a justice of the

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from 1879 until his death in 1892. Born in

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, Irving graduated with distinction from

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at the age of 18, and then

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with his uncle, William W. Handy, of Somerset, to gain

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in 1849. For seven years he practiced in

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In 1856 he went to Cincinnati, where he formed a partnership with Eli P. Morton, which lasted for one year. Irving then returned to Maryland. In 1867 he was elected Associate Judge, and on the death of Judge James A. Stewart he received the appointment of Chief Judge of his circuit in April, 1879. In November 1880, he was elected without opposition to that position for a term of fifteen years. Irving died at his home at the age of 64, having been overcome by the heat while on his way to Cambridge two weeks before, and never recovered.

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