Levitas, Elliott H. (Elliott Harris), 1930-

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>11/06/1984 GA District 4 Lost 46.90% (-6.21%)</li>
<li>11/30/1982 GA District 04 Won 65.49% (+30.99%)</li>
<li>11/04/1980 GA District 4 Won 69.43% (+38.86%)</li>
<li>11/07/1978 GA District 4 Won 80.90% (+61.82%)</li>
<li>08/08/1978 GA District 4 - D Primary Won 84.47% (+68.94%)</li>
<li>11/02/1976 GA District 4 Won 68.31% (+36.63%)</li>
<li>11/05/1974 GA District 4 Won 55.08% (+10.16%)</li>
<li>08/13/1974 GA District 4 - D Primary Won 62.82% (+36.84%)</li>
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<p>Elliott Harris Levitas (born December 26, 1930) is an American politician and lawyer from Georgia. He is a former U.S. Representative from Georgia's 4th congressional district.</p>

<p>Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Levitas graduated in 1948 from Henry W. Grady High School there. He attended Emory University in Atlanta, where he was a member of the secret honor society D.V.S. In 1956, he earned a Juris Doctor from the Emory University School of Law. A Rhodes scholar, he received a masters of law degree in 1958 from University of Oxford in England.</p>

<p>He conducted additional study in law at the University of Michigan from 1954 to 1955. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1955 and commenced practice in Atlanta. He was in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1958. Levitas was a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which nominated the Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert H. Humphrey ticket, the first Democratic slate to lose the electoral votes of Georgia since the Reconstruction era.</p>

LEVITAS, Elliott Harris, a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 26, 1930; graduated from Boys High School, Atlanta, Ga.; B.A., Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., 1952; J.D., Emory Law School, Atlanta, Ga., 1956; Rhodes scholar, receiving masters of law degree from Oxford University, England, 1958; additional study in law, University of Michigan, 1954-1955; admitted to the Georgia bar in 1955 and commenced practice in Atlanta; United States Air Force, 1955-1958; served in Georgia state house of representatives, 1965-1974; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1964; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984; is a resident of Atlanta, Ga.