Leven Powell

Leven Powell

Leven Powell (born 1737 in Manassas , Colony of Virginia , †  August 23, 1810 in Bedford , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1799 and 1801 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Leven Powell grew up during the British colonial period and attended private schools. Before the revolution , he was deputy chief of police in Prince William County . From 1763 he lived in Loudoun County , where he worked in commerce. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. During the War of Independence he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army until 1778 ; then he had to quit military service for health reasons. In 1779 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In 1788 he was a delegate to the convention that ratified the United States Constitution for Virginia . Between 1787 and 1792 he was again a member of the state parliament, with one exception in 1790. In the late 1790s he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton .

In the congressional elections of 1798 Powell was elected in the 17th  constituency of Virginia in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Richard Brent on March 4, 1799 . Until March 3, 1801 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . During this time, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Leven Powell no longer appeared politically. He died in Bedford on August 23, 1810. His son Cuthbert (1775-1849) was also a member of Congress.

Web links

• Leven Powell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Leven Powell in the database of Find a Grave (English)