Isaac Leffler, sometimes spelled Lefler or Loeffler, was an American lawyer and Iowa pioneer who represented Virginia's 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term in the 1820s.
11 Facts About Isaac Leffler
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Isaac Leffler served in the legislatures of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as the Wisconsin and Iowa Territories.
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Isaac Leffler served as a member of the Virginia Board of Public Works in 1827.
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In 1826, Isaac Leffler was elected as an Adams Party candidate to the Twentieth Congress, defeating incumbent Jacksonian Joseph Johnson.
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Isaac Leffler was admitted to the Des Moines County bar on April 15,1835, and practiced law.
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President John Tyler appointed Isaac Leffler as United States marshal for the district of Iowa on December 18,1843.
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Isaac Leffler served until removed by President James K Polk on December 29,1845, when he resumed the practice of law in Burlington.
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Isaac Leffler declined the appointment of the register of the land office at Stillwater in 1849.
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Isaac Leffler was appointed by President Millard Fillmore as receiver of public sums of money for the Chariton land district of Iowa on August 30,1852, and served on that position until removed by President Franklin Pierce on March 29,1853.
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Isaac Leffler died in Chariton, Iowa, on March 8,1866, at age 77.
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Isaac Leffler was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery, in Burlington.