ANKENY, Levi
(1844—1921)
Senate Years of Service: 1903-1909
Party: Republican
ANKENY, Levi, a Senator from Washington; born near St. Joseph, Buchanan County,
Mo., August 1, 1844; crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and
settled in Portland; attended the rural schools and Kingsley Academy, Portland,
Oreg.; engaged in business in Lewiston, Orofino, and Florence, Idaho; interested
in the cattle business; first mayor of Lewiston; moved to Walla Walla, Wash.,
and engaged in banking; appointed a member of the Pan American Exposition
Commission and became its chairman; elected as a Republican to the United States
Senate, and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate
for renomination in 1908; chairman, Committee on Coast and Insular Survey
(Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Irrigation (Fifty-ninth
Congress), Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Sixtieth Congress); engaged
in banking in Walla Walla, Wash., until his death on March 29, 1921; interment
in Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Contributed by A. Newell