Levy, William Mallory, 1827-1882

William Mallory Levy (October 31, 1827 – August 14, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district from 1875 to 1877.

Born in Isle of Wight, Virginia, Levy completed preparatory studies before graduating from the College of William and Mary in 1844. He served in the Mexican War, as second lieutenant in Company F, First Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in Norfolk, Virginia. He moved to Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1852 and continued the practice of law. He served as member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861 and was a Democratic Presidential Elector, 1860. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army and was commissioned captain of Company A in the Second Louisiana Infantry on May 11, 1861. He subsequently served as a major in the Adjutant General's Department.

Levy was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1879. He was appointed associate justice of the State supreme court in 1879 and served until his death in Saratoga, New York on August 14, 1882. His funeral was in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and he was interred in the American Cemetery there.