Leven H. Ellis

{{Short description|American politician (1881–1968)}}

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|order1 = 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama

|term_start1 = January 19, 1943

|term_end1 = January 20, 1947

|governor1 = Chauncey Sparks

|predecessor1 = Albert A. Carmichael

|successor1 = James C. Inzer

|office2 = Member of the Alabama Legislature

|term2 = 1936–1943

|office3 = Member of the Alabama Senate

|term3 = 1927–1931

|birth_date = {{birth date|1881|4|6}}

|birth_place = Nixburg, Alabama

|death_date = {{death date and age|1968|1|4|1881|4|6}}

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|party = Democratic

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Leven Handy Ellis (April 6, 1881 – January 4, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 15th lieutenant governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947.

Ellis was born in Nixburg, in Coosa County, Alabama. He obtained a B.Ped. degree from Troy Normal School in 1907, and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1909. Ellis practiced law in Columbiana, Alabama. He served as a state senator from 1927 to 1931, a representative in the Alabama Legislature from 1936 to 1943, and a mayor of Columbiana for two terms.{{Cite web|url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/conoff/Ellis_l.html|title=Alabama Department of Archives and History: Ala. Lieutenant Governor Levan H. Ellis|access-date=2007-07-18|archive-date=2007-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807021452/http://archives.state.al.us/conoff/Ellis_l.html|url-status=dead}} In 1948, Ellis served as an Alabama delegate at the Democratic National Convention. After Hubert Humphrey's address, Ellis led 13 members of the Alabama delegation (that was also joined by the entire Mississippi delegation) in a walkout, leading to the creation of the short-lived Dixiecrat political party.{{cite book |author=Pietrusza, David |title=1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America |pages=237 |publisher=Union Square Press |location=New York, New York |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-4027-6748-7}}