D. Leigh Colvin
Politician, Deceased Person
1880 – 1959
Who was D. Leigh Colvin?
David Leigh Colvin was an American politician and member of the Prohibition Party and the Law Preservation Party.
He attended the American Temperance University and Ohio Wesleyan University before going on to study law at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, and Columbia University.
He ran for U.S. Senator from New York in 1916 and 1932, for Mayor of New York City in 1917, for Vice President of the United States in 1920, for U.S. Representative from New York in 1922, and for President of the United States in 1936.
Colvin was Chairman of the Prohibition National Committee from 1926 to 1932.
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- Born
- Jan 28, 1880
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- University of Chicago
- University of California, Berkeley
- American Temperance University
- Died
- Sep 7, 1959
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on July 23, 2013
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