Levin Winder
Levin Winder portrait by Florence Mackubin
Levin Winder (September 4, 1757 – July 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 the 14th 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.
References
- Frank F. White, Jr., The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970 (Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 65-68.
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| Preceded by George Dent |
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates 1791–1793 |
Succeeded by John Parnham |
| Preceded by Tobias E. Stansbury |
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates 1808–1809 |
Succeeded by Tobias E. Stansbury |
| Preceded by Robert Bowie |
Governor of Maryland 1812–1816 |
Succeeded by Charles Carnan Ridgely |
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