Background
Levett, Benjamin Arthur was born on February 16, 1873 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Morris Henry and Orynthia (Da Costa) Levett.
Levett, Benjamin Arthur was born on February 16, 1873 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Morris Henry and Orynthia (Da Costa) Levett.
Educational public schools. Read law in offices of Solicitor General Aldrich and Robert T. Lincoln, of Chicago, 1890-1894.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1894, New York bar, 1894. Hawaiian bar, 1906; practiced with firm of Dyer & Seely, patent lawyers, New York, New York, 1894-1896. Law clerk, later assistant counsel Treasury Department, before board of United States General Appraisers (Customs Court), 1896-1906.
Member commission on customs regulations of America section International Chamber Commerce, 1923.
Proprietor Customs Maze Public Company.
Member 9th Coast Artillery, National Guard New York, 1917-1919. Clubs: Circumnavigators, University, Downtown Athletic.
Married Cornelia Gulick, June 12, 1902. Children: Beatrice Adelaide Barnes, Warren Arthur.