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, 1873–1876, 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.

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. He is buried in West Pittsfield Cemetery, near Pittsfield, Maine.

His brother, Frederick A. Powers, was attorney general of Maine and served on the Maine Supreme Court.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

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

External links

• Llewellyn Powers at Find a Grave
• Llewellyn Powers, late a representative from Maine, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1909