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https://cdn.scencyclopedia.org/sce/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/14141749/Lever-Francis-Asbury.-Rep.-from-South-Carolina.jpg460640Congressman. Lever was born near Spring Hill, Lexington County, on January 5, 1875, the son of Asbury Francis Washington Lever, a successful farmer, and Mary Elvira Derrick. After graduating from Newberry College with honors in 1895, Lever taught school for two years before moving to Washington to work for Congressman J. William Stokes. Lever was […]