Samuel L. Powers

Samuel L. Powers

Samuel Leland Powers (born October 26, 1848 in Cornish , Sullivan County , New Hampshire , †  November 30, 1929 in Newton , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1905 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Powers studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover until 1874 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1875, he began to work in this profession in Boston . In 1882 he moved to Newton, Massachusetts. Between 1883 and 1887 he sat on the local council. In the meantime he was its chairman twice. He was a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1900 congressional election , Powers was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles F. Sprague on March 4, 1901 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1905 . Since 1903 he represented there as the successor to William C. Lovering the twelfth district of his state. He was one of the congressmen tasked with conducting impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Charles Swayne . In 1904, Powers renounced another congressional candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer in Boston again. From 1905 to 1915 he was a curator at Dartmouth College; between 1915 and 1919 he was a member of his state's education committee. In 1918 and 1919 he also worked on a commission to revise the state constitution . He served in the state militia for ten years. From 1918 to 1928 he was also a member and temporarily chairman of the board of trams in Boston. Samuel Powers died in Newton on November 30, 1929.

Web links

• Samuel L. Powers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel L. Powers in the database of Find a Grave (English)