Politics
Leavitt was elected as a Republican from Montana to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses).
On March 5, 1932, Leavitt took to the floor of the House to deliver a eulogy to Indian Chief Plenty Coups. "I have chosen to announce the passing of one who has graced the history of my state of Montana," said Leavitt on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- " life was in truth a symbol of the absorption of the American Indian into the citizenship of the United States," Leavitt continued. "His was one of the finest characters I have ever known.... He was a man of such caliber and such high character, and his service was so outstanding, that it is entirely fitting that the American Congress should pause for a moment to do him reverence."
Leavitt was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the United States Senate. In 1932, Leavitt served as delegate to the Republican National Convention. He again became connected with the Forest Service at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1935. Then from 1936 to 1937, he was Commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans.
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