Levi A. Mackey
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Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Levi was born in White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York before studying law at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
From 1841 until 1855, Mackey practiced law in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He then served as the president of Lock Haven Bank.
Mackey served as a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1872. He campaigned, unsuccessfully, for a seat in the 41st United States Congress in 1868 but was elected mayor of Lock Haven in 1870. From March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1879 he served as a Democratic U.S. Representative to the Forty-fourth and 45th United States Congresses, representing the 20th District of Pennsylvania.
He died in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and was interred at Highland Cemetery in Lock Haven.
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