Samuel L. Powers

Samuel Leland Powers
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905
Preceded byCharles F. Sprague
Succeeded byJohn W. Weeks
Constituency11th district (1901–03)
12th district (1903–05)
President of the
Newton, Massachusetts City Council
Member of the
Newton, Massachusetts City Council
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[1]
In office
June 6, 1917 – August 13, 1919
Personal details
Born(1848-10-26)October 26, 1848
Cornish, New Hampshire
Died30 November 1929(1929-11-30) (aged 81)
Newton, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEva C. Crowell[2]
ChildrenLeland Powers (born July 1, 1890)[2][3]
Alma materDartmouth College
ProfessionAttorney[4]
Signature
Image of Samuel Leland Powers from Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts compl. by Richard Herndon and ed. by Edwin M. Bacon Published by New England Magazine, 1896. Page 912

Samuel Leland Powers (October 26, 1848 – November 30, 1929) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

  1. ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 85
  2. ^ a b Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1909), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State, vol. 1, Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Biographical Society (Printed by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA
  3. ^ Bacon, Edwin M. (1892), Boston of To-Day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics, Boston, Ma: Post Publishing Company, p. 356
  4. ^ Bacon, Edwin M. (1892), Boston of To-Day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics, Boston, Ma: Post Publishing Company, p. 355