Levi H. Bancroft

Levi H. Bancroft was a politician and jurist in the State of Wisconsin.

Biography

Bancroft was born Levi Horace Bancroft on December 26, 1861 to George I. and Helen M. Bancroft in Sauk County, Wisconsin.[1] On June 11, 1890, he married Myrtle DeLap. He died in 1948.

Career

Bancroft was District Attorney of Richland County, Wisconsin from 1886 to 1888. In 1900, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1907 to 1910, serving as Speaker in 1909 and 1910. From 1911 to 1913, he was Attorney General of Wisconsin, and was a county judge in Richland County, Wisconsin from 1920 to 1922. Later, he served as a U.S. Attorney in Wisconsin from 1927 to 1932.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Index to Politicians: Ballafant to Bancroft. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Frank L. Gilbert		 Attorney General of Wisconsin
1911–1913 		Succeeded by
Walter C. Owen
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