 John Brooks Leavitt

John Brooks Leavitt (1849–1930) was a New York City attorney, author and reformer.As member of the "Good Government" movement, Leavitt crusaded against Tammany Hall municipal corruption, demanding in 1897 the indictment of United States Senator Thomas C. Platt on charges of extorting bribes from the New York Life Insurance Company in return for favors to the insurance giant.