L. Irving Handy

Levin Irving Handy (December 24, 1861 – February 3, 1922) was an American educator, lawyer and politician, from Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware.

His grandfathers were William W. Handy, a prominent lawyer in Somerset County, Maryland, and the Rev.

As the son of a frequently moving minister, he grew up living in multiple places, namely New York, Kentucky and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Meanwhile, he was studying the law with John R. Nicholson of Dover, Delaware, and frequently speaking at teacher's training schools in the region.

Seeking reelection in 1898, he lost to Republican John H. Hoffecker, a Smyrna businessman and relative of his wife.

Subsequently, Handy remained active in politics, attending the Democratic National Conventions of 1900, 1904, and 1908, and losing an election for state Attorney General in 1904.