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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLeonidas Felix LIVINGSTON
(1832-1912)
LIVINGSTON, Leonidas
Felix, a Representative from Georgia; born near Covington,
Newton County, Ga., April 3, 1832; attended the common schools;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; entered the Confederate Army as a
private in August 1861 and served throughout the Civil War; resumed
agricultural pursuits in Newton County, Ga.; member of the State
house of representatives in 1876, 1877, and 1879-1881; served in
the State senate in 1882 and 1883; vice president of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society for eleven years and president four
years; president of the Georgia State Alliance for three years;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the nine
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1910; again engaged in agricultural
pursuits in Newton County; died in Washington, D.C., February 11,
1912; interment in Bethany Church Cemetery, near Covington, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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