Leven H. Ellis Explained

Leven Handy Ellis
Order1:15th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
Term Start1:January 19, 1943
Term End1:January 20, 1947
Governor1:Chauncey Sparks
Predecessor1:Albert A. Carmichael
Successor1:James C. Inzer
Office2:Member of the Alabama Legislature
Term2:1936–1943
Office3:Member of the Alabama Senate
Term3:1927–1931
Birth Date:6 April 1881
Birth Place:Nixburg, Alabama
Party:Democratic

Leven Handy Ellis (April 6, 1881 – January 4, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947.

Ellis was born in Nixburg, in Coosa County, Alabama. He obtained a B.Ped. degree from Troy Normal School in 1907, and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1909. Ellis practiced law in Columbiana, Alabama. He served as a state senator from 1927 to 1931, a representative in the Alabama Legislature from 1936 to 1943, and a mayor of Columbiana for two terms.[1] In 1948, Ellis served as an Alabama delegate at the Democratic National Convention. After Hubert Humphrey's address, Ellis led 13 members of the Alabama delegation (that was also joined by the entire Mississippi delegation) in a walkout, leading to the creation of the short-lived Dixiecrat political party.[2]

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  1. Web site: Alabama Department of Archives and History: Ala. Lieutenant Governor Levan H. Ellis. 2007-07-18. 2007-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20070807021452/http://archives.state.al.us/conoff/Ellis_l.html. dead.
  2. Book: Pietrusza, David . 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America . 237 . Union Square Press . New York, New York . 2011 . 978-1-4027-6748-7.