the first Jew elected to Congress, Waldman cited him for "proving that being part of a persecuted group does not necessarily bring sensitivity to the plight of other religious minorities." Published works Intemperance the Prelude to Gambling and Suicide, as Illustrated in the Life of the Rev. C.C. Colton, Author of "Lacon", William F. Geddes, Philadelphia, 1844 Speech of Mr. L.C. Levin, of Pennsylvania, on the Subject of Altering the Naturalization Laws, J. & G.S. Gideon, 1845 Speech of Mr. Levin of Philadelphia, PA. on an Amendment to the Naval Appropriation Bill, Directing the Construction of a Sectional Floating Dry-Dock, Basin, and Railways at the Philadelphia Navy-Yard, Union Office, Washington, 1846 Speech of Mr. L.C. Levin, of Penn., on the Proposed Mission to Rome, J. & G.S. Gideon, 1848 See also List of Jewish members of the United States Congress References Citations Sources Further reading John A. Forman, "Lewis Charles Levin: Portrait of an American Demagogue", American Jewish Archives 12 (1960): 150–194. External links The Political Graveyard Unlearnedhistory.blogspot.com - The Philadelphia Bible Riots of 1844 1808 births 1860 deaths 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American newspaper editors 19th-century American politicians 19th-century male writers American duellists American educators American male journalists American temperance activists Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) Critics of the Catholic Church Deaths in mental institutions Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Lawyers from Charleston, South Carolina Pennsylvania Know Nothings Pennsylvania lawyers People from Woodville, Mississippi Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina Religiously motivated violence in the United States Right-wing populism in the United States University of South Carolina alumni Conservatism in the United States