25 Facts About Levi Underwood

Levi Underwood was a lawyer and politician from Vermont.

Levi Underwood was most notable for his service as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1860 to 1862.

Levi Underwood was State's Attorney of Chittenden County from 1852 to 1854.

Levi Underwood joined the new Republican party at its founding, served as president of its 1856 state convention, and was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention.

In September 1856, Levi Underwood was elected to a one-year term in the Vermont Senate, and he served from October 1856 to October 1857.

In 1860, Levi Underwood was the successful Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.

Levi Underwood was reelected in 1861, and served from October 1860 to October 1862.

Levi Underwood declined to become a candidate for reelection or any other office in 1862, and returned to his Burlington business and legal interests.

When Burlington became a city in 1865, Levi Underwood served a two-year term on its original board of aldermen.

Levi Underwood retired in the mid-1880s, and lived at the Brattleboro Retreat.

Levi Underwood was born in Hardwick, Vermont, on December 24,1821, a son of Silas Underwood and Lucy Underwood.

Levi Underwood was raised and educated in Hardwick, where his father served in local offices including selectman and justice of the peace, and which he represented in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Levi Underwood was a director of the Champlain Mutual Fire Insurance Company, president of the Burlington Manufacturing Company, which manufactured flooring tiles, and president of the Burlington Board of Trade.

Levi Underwood became active in politics as a member of the Democratic Party, and he served in local offices including justice of the peace.

Levi Underwood was Chittenden County's State's Attorney from 1852 to 1854, elected by a coalition of Democrats and the Free Soil Party.

Levi Underwood was a member of the Vermont Senate from 1856 to 1857.

Levi Underwood began his term in October 1861, and at the end of the legislative session in December, senators unanimously commended him for the tact and fairness he displayed as their presiding officer.

In early 1861, Underwood was appointed with Hiland Hall, Horace Henry Baxter, Lucius E Chittenden, and Broughton Harris as Vermont's delegates to the Peace Conference of 1861, which unsuccessfully attempted to prevent the start of the American Civil War.

Levi Underwood was not a candidate for reelection in 1862, in keeping with the Vermont Republican Party's "Mountain Rule".

Levi Underwood became active in Freemasonry when he was made a Master Mason at Burlington's Washington Lodge Number 3.

Levi Underwood worked his way through the ranks of the Scottish Rite, and ultimately attained the 32nd degree.

When Burlington was incorporated as a city in 1865, Levi Underwood served a two-term on its first board of aldermen.

Levi Underwood retired in 1885, after which he resided at the Brattleboro Retreat.

Cornelia Levi Underwood died on March 10,1902, while in Brooklyn, New York visiting one of her daughters.

In 1855, Levi Underwood received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Vermont.