Alfred H. Powell Explained

Alfred H. Powell
State1:Virginia
District1:17th
Term Start1:March 4, 1825
Term End1:March 3, 1827
Predecessor1:Jared Williams
Successor1:Robert Allen
Office3:Member of the Virginia Senate from Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire, Hardy, and Jefferson Counties
Term3:1812–1818
Predecessor3:Lewis Wolfe
Successor3:Constituency abolished
Birth Date:6 March 1781
Birth Place:Loudoun County, Virginia
Death Place:Loudoun County, Virginia
Party:Democratic-Republican
Alma Mater:Princeton College
Profession:attorney

Alfred Harrison Powell (March 6, 1781August 1, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born in Loudoun County, Virginia, Powell was graduated from Princeton College.He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Winchester, Virginia in 1800.He also served as member of the state senate in 1812–1819.

Powell was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825  - March 3, 1827).He served as delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830.He died in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1831.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=dqFIAAAAMAAJ&q=alfred+powell+march+1781+august+1831 The Powell Families of Virginia and the South