Samuel L. Powers
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Samuel Leland Powers was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Cornish, New Hampshire on October 26, 1848. He attended Kimball Union Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1874. Powers studied law at the University of the City of New York Law School, and also in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston, and moved to Newton.
He was a member of the Newton City Council, also serving as president. Powers was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He served as one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
He then resumed the practice of law in Boston, became a trustee of Dartmouth College 1905-1915, was a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education in 1915-1919, a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1918 and 1919, served in the State militia for ten years, and was a trustee of the board of public control for the operation of the Boston Elevated Railway 1918-1928, serving as chairman 1923-1928. He died in Newton on November 30, 1929. His interment was in Newton Cemetery in Newton Center.
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| Preceded by Charles F. Sprague |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
Succeeded by John W. Weeks |
| Preceded by William C. Lovering |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 12th congressional district March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Succeeded by John W. Weeks |
