| Stanley M. Powell | |
| State House: | Michigan |
| District: | 88th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1965 |
| Term End: | December 31, 1978 |
| Predecessor: | District established |
| Successor: | Alan L. Cropsey |
| Prior Term: | 89th District (1965-1972) |
| State House2: | Michigan |
| District2: | Ionia County |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 1931 |
| Term End2: | December 31, 1932 |
| Predecessor2: | Luther E. Hall |
| Successor2: | M. Clyde Stout |
| Birth Name: | Stanley Maurice Powell |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Ionia, Michigan |
| Death Place: | Ionia County, Michigan |
| Restingplace: | Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Michigan |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Eleanor |
| Profession: | Farmer |
| Allegiance: | United States of America |
| Branch: | United States Army |
| Battles: | World War I |
Stanley M. Powell was a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives and a delegate to the Michigan constitutional convention of 1962.[1]
Born on July 7, 1898, to Herbert and Alice Powell in Ionia, Stanley was a lifelong farmer in Ionia County.
Powell served one term in the House (1931-1932) but was defeated for re-election in 1932. Three decades later, Powell was a delegate to the constitutional convention which drafted the Michigan Constitution. Shortly after the convention, Powell was again elected to the House and served 14 years.
Powell was a member of the Grange and the Farm Bureau as legislative counsel and public affairs director. He was president of the Michigan Good Roads Federation, a founder of the highway Users Conference, and president of the Michigan Good Roads Federation in 1957.[2]
Powell was a member of the American Legion, Pi Kappa Delta, Delta Sigma Rho, and Alpha Zeta. Powell died on August 25, 1988, aged 90.[3]