Levin Winder

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Levin Winder portrait by Florence Mackubin.
Levin Winder portrait by Florence Mackubin.

Levin Winder (September 4, 1757July 1, 1819) in Baltimore, Maryland.

During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed Major of the 4th Maryland regiment, finally attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel at war's end. After the war, he served with the Maryland militia at the rank of brigadier-general.

Winder served as Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1812 to 1816. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1789 to 1793.

Preceded by
Robert Bowie
Governor of Maryland
1812–1816
Succeeded by
Charles Carnan Ridgely