Leven Powell

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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 William County, Virginia before he moved to Loudoun County, Virginia in 1763 where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the American Revolution, he served as major in the Continental Army in 1775 and was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of the Continental Line 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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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress