Jefferson Monroe Levy (April 16 1852 – March 6 1924) was a three-term U.S. Congressman from New York a leader of the New York Democratic Party and a renowned real estate and stock speculator. In 1879 at the age of 27 he took control of Monticello Thomas Jefferson’s home. His late uncle Uriah P. Levy had purchased the property in 1834 several years after Jefferson’s death.
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