# Levi Prizer

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{{Short description|American politician (1819–1875)}}
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 | name               = Levi Prizer
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 | state_house        = Pennsylvania
 | district           = [Chester County](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania)
 | term_start         = 1871
 | term_end           = 1873
 | predecessor        = [James C. Roberts](/source/James_C._Roberts_(politician)), [Abel Darlington](/source/Abel_Darlington), Joseph C. Keech
 | successor          = Elisha W. Baily, [Peter G. Carey](/source/Peter_G._Carey), [John P. Edge](/source/John_P._Edge), [George Fairlamb Smith](/source/George_Fairlamb_Smith)
 | alongside          = [Joseph C. Keech](/source/Joseph_C._Keech), [Samuel H. Hoopes](/source/Samuel_H._Hoopes), [Elisha W. Baily](/source/Elisha_W._Baily)
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 | birth_date         = {{birth date|1819|3|4}}
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 | death_date         = {{death date and age|1875|11|24|1819|3|4}}
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 | resting_place      = Morris Cemetery<br />[Phoenixville, Pennsylvania](/source/Phoenixville%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
 | party              = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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 | occupation         = {{hlist|Politician|farmer|miller}}
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'''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](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives), representing [Chester County](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania) 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](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)). He served as a member of the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives), representing [Chester County](/source/Chester_County%2C_Pennsylvania) 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](/source/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](/source/Newspapers.com) |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}</ref> He died on November 24, 1875, at his home in [West Pikeland Township](/source/West_Pikeland_Township%2C_Pennsylvania). He was interred at Morris Cemetery in [Phoenixville](/source/Phoenixville%2C_Pennsylvania).<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](/source/Newspapers.com) |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}</ref>

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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

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