Levi G. Nutt
Colonel Levi Nutt | |
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| Chief of Internal Revenue Agents | |
| In office 1917–1920 | |
| Deputy Commissioner of Bureau of Prohibition Narcotics Enforcement Division | |
| In office 1920 – March 1, 1930 | |
| Appointed by | Treasury Secretary Carter Glass |
| Preceded by | Hamilton Wright United States Opium Commissioner |
| Acting Commissioner Federal Bureau of Narcotics | |
| In office June 14, 1930 – September 1930 | |
| Appointed by | President Herbert Hoover |
| Succeeded by | Harry J. Anslinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 10, 1865 |
| Died | April 16, 1938 (aged 72) |
| Resting place | Eldridgeville Cemetery, Illinois |
| Spouse | Mary Eulalia (Armitage) Nutt |
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| Nickname | Lefty Nutt |
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Levi Gamble Nutt was the Chief of the Narcotics Division within the Prohibition Unit of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1919 to 1930, prior to the creation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). He was a registered pharmacist, and led the Division to the arrest of tens of thousands of drug addicts and dealers in the Prohibition era.