Leven Powell

Leven Powell

Leven Powell (1737 - August 23, 1810) was a United States Representative from Virginia. He was born near Manassas, Virginia. He studied in private schools. He was deputy sheriff of Prince William County, Virginia, before he moved to Loudoun County in 1763, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as major in the Continental Army in 1775 and was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 16th Continental Regiment in 1777. He resigned on account of ill health in 1778.

Leven served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1779. He was a delegate to the Virginia ratification convention in 1788 and again a member of the House of Delegates in 1787, 1788, 1791, and 1792. He was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801). He also helped to build a turnpike from Alexandria, Virginia to the upper country. He died in Bedford, Pennsylvania in 1810 and was buried in Old Presbyterian Graveyard.

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