Samuel Powel

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Samuel Powel (1738 – September 29, 1793), was a colonial and post-colonial mayor of Philadelphia.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1759 from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania). He served as mayor from 1775-1776 and 1789-1790, the office having lain vacant in the interim.

Powel was an early member of the American Philosophical Society and a trustee of the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania).

On August 7, 1769, he married Elizabeth Willing, was the daughter of Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing and Ann Shippen, and a sister of Philadelphia mayor and Continental Congressman Thomas Willing, the business partner of Robert Morris.

Powel died in the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 on September 29, 1793, in Philadelphia, where he is interred at Christ Church Burial Ground.

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Preceded by Samuel Rhoads	Mayor of Philadelphia 1775-1776	Succeeded by vacant
Preceded by vacant	Mayor of Philadelphia 1789-1790	Succeeded by Samuel Miles

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