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Moses Levy (1757
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
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May 9, 1826
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
,
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) was a prominent
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in
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Biography

Moses Levy was born in 1757 in
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
. His father, Samson Levy, was a signatory of the celebrated resolutions not to import goods from
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until the Stamp act had been repealed. Moses was educated at the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
, from which he graduated in 1772. On March 19, 1778, he was admitted to the bar; from 1802 to 1822 he was recorder of
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
; and from 1822 to 1825, presiding judge of the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia. At one time he was a member of the
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
legislature, and he was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania for twenty-four years. Levy died on May 9, 1826, in
Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
.


See also

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* List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Levy, Moses 1757 births 1826 deaths Lawyers from Philadelphia Jewish state legislators in Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania alumni People from colonial Pennsylvania 18th-century American Jews 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American Sephardic Jews 18th-century American Sephardic Jews