Samuel L. Powers

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name =Samuel Leland Powers


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state =Massachusetts
district =11th & 12th
term_start =March 4, 1901
term_end =March 3, 1905
preceded =Charles F. Sprague (11th)
William C. Lovering (12th)
succeeded =John W. Weeks (11th)
John W. Weeks (12th)
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birth_place =Cornish, New Hampshire
death_date =Newton, Massachusetts
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party =Republican
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spouse =Eva C. Crowell [Citation |last = Eliot | first = Samuel Atkins | year = 1909 | title = Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State Vol. 1| | publisher =Massachusetts Biographical Society (Printed by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA| location = Boston, Massachusetts | date = 1909 ]
term_start3 = By Samuel Atkins EliotPublished by Massachusetts biographical society, 1906
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children =Leland Powers (born July 1, 1890) [Citation |last = Eliot | first = Samuel Atkins | year = 1909 | title = Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State Vol. 1| | publisher =Massachusetts Biographical Society (Printed by The Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA| location = Boston, Massachusetts | date = 1909 ]

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alma_mater =Dartmouth
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profession =Attorney
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footnotes =Image of Samuel Leland Powers from The Book of Boston: Fifty Years' Recollections of the New England Metropolis By Edwin Monroe Bacon Published by Book of Boston Co., 1916. Page 405

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 in Worcester County in 1875 and at that time commenced practice in Boston, and moved to Newton. [Citation |last = Bacon | first = Edwin Monroe | year = 1916 | title = The Book of Boston: Fifty Years' Recollections of the New England Metropolis | page = 405 | publisher = Book of Boston Co., (printed by The Pilgrim Press) | location = Boston, MA | date = 1916]

He was a member of the Newton City Council, also serving as its 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.

Powera was a member of the University, Exchange, Newton and Atlantic Conference Clubs, among others and was the president of the Boston Art Club. [Citation |last = Bacon | first = Edwin Monroe | year = 1916 | title = The Book of Boston: Fifty Years' Recollections of the New England Metropolis | page = 405 | publisher = Book of Boston Co., (printed by The Pilgrim Press) | location = Boston, MA | date = 1916] 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.

Powers died in Newton on November 30, 1929. His interment was in Newton Cemetery in Newton Center.

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