Llewellyn Powers

Llewellyn Powers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1877  March 3, 1879
Preceded by Harris M. Plaisted
Succeeded by George W. Ladd
In office
April 8, 1901  July 28, 1908
Preceded by Charles A. Boutelle
Succeeded by Frank E. Guernsey
44th Governor of Maine
In office
January 2, 1897  January 2, 1901
Preceded by Henry B. Cleaves
Succeeded by John F. Hill
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1895–1896
Preceded by Albert R. Savage
Succeeded by Seth L. Larrabee
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1873-1876
1883
1892
1895
Personal details
Born October 14, 1836
Pittsfield, Maine
Died July 28, 1908 (aged 71)
Houlton, Maine
Resting place West Pittsfield Cemetery, near Pittsfield, Maine
Political party Republican
Alma mater Colby College

Llewellyn Powers (October 14, 1836  July 28, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.

Born in Pittsfield, Maine, Powers attended the common schools of Pittsfield and St. Albans Academy. He graduated from the Colburn Classical Institute. He attended Colby University, Waterville, Maine, and graduated from the law department of Union University, Albany, New York, in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York, and Somerset, Maine, in 1860 and commenced practice in Houlton, Maine, in January 1861.

He served as prosecuting attorney for Aroostook County from 1864 to 1871. He also served as collector of customs for the district of Aroostook from 1868 to 1872. He served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives, 18731876, 1883, 1892, and 1895; during the last term, he served as speaker. While in the Maine House, his bill abolishing capital punishment was considered by the House in 1876 and passed by a vote of 75 to 68, making Maine the third state to abolish the death penalty.[1]

Powers was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877  March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. He served as Governor of Maine from 1897 to 1901.

Powers was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles A. Boutelle. He was reelected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses and served from April 8, 1901, until his death in Houlton, Maine, July 28, 1908.

In December 1886, Powers married Martha Averill with whom he had five children.[2] He is buried in West Pittsfield Cemetery, near Pittsfield, Maine.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress document "POWERS, Llewellyn".

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Harris M. Plaisted
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th congressional district

March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Succeeded by
George Washington Ladd
Preceded by
Charles A. Boutelle
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th congressional district

April 8, 1901 – July 28, 1908
Succeeded by
Frank E. Guernsey
Political offices
Preceded by
Henry B. Cleaves
Governor of Maine
1897–1901
Succeeded by
John Fremont Hill
Preceded by
Albert R. Savage
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
1895–1896
Succeeded by
Seth L. Larrabee
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