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POWELL, Leven (1737-1810)

Federalist of Virginia

17th congressional district

Served in House 1799-1801

Total roll-call votes cast: 89

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

Representative from Virginia; born near Manassas, Prince William County, Va., in 1737; studied in private schools; deputy sheriff of Prince William County, Va.; moved to Loudoun County, Va., in 1763; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served in the Revolutionary War as major in the Continental Army in 1775; appointed lieutenant colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of the Continental Line in 1777; resigned on account of ill health in 1778; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1779; delegate, Virginia ratification convention, 1788; again a member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1787, 1788, 1791, and 1792; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); helped to build a turnpike from Alexandria, Va., to the upper country; died in Bedford, Bedford County, Pa., on August 23, 1810; interment in Old Presbyterian Graveyard.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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