{{Short description|American politician (1819–1875)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Levi Prizer | image = | alt = | caption = | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = Chester County | term_start = 1871 | term_end = 1873 | predecessor = James C. Roberts, Abel Darlington, Joseph C. Keech | successor = Elisha W. Baily, Peter G. Carey, John P. Edge, George Fairlamb Smith | alongside = Joseph C. Keech, Samuel H. Hoopes, Elisha W. Baily | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1819|3|4}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1875|11|24|1819|3|4}} | death_place = | resting_place = Morris Cemetery<br />Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer|miller}} | signature = }}
'''Levi Prizer''' (March 4, 1819 – November 24, 1875) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1871 to 1873.
==Early life== Levi Prizer was born on March 4, 1819.<ref name="pa">{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=7343 |title=Levi Prizer |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-12-20}}</ref>
==Career== Prizer was a miller and farmer.<ref name="pa"/> He was justice of the peace for 20 years and was school director.<ref name="pa"/>
Prizer was a Republican. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1871 to 1873.<ref name="pa"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=441 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Personal life== Prizer had a stroke in October 1875.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/intelligencer-journal-hon-levi-prizer/137113065/ |title=Hon. Levi Prizer... |date=1875-10-30 |newspaper=Lancaster Daily Intelligencer |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}</ref> He died on November 24, 1875, at his home in West Pikeland Township. He was interred at Morris Cemetery in Phoenixville.<ref name="pa"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-weekly-gazette-levi-prizer-an/137110573/ |title=Levi Prizer and Archimedes Robb... |date=1875-12-02 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prizer, Levi}} Category:1819 births Category:1875 deaths Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania Category:American justices of the peace Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Category:Farmers from Pennsylvania Category:19th-century American farmers Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly