Cuthbert Powell
Cuthbert Powell was born in Alexandria, Virginia, United States on March 4th, 1775 and is the American Politician. At the age of 74, Cuthbert Powell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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After admission to the Virginia bar, Powell practiced in Alexandria (then part of the District of Columbia), where he would eventually be elected mayor. In 1806 he became a member of Alexandria's city council, and served as the city's mayor in 1808–1809. He also joined a company formed in 1808 to build a turnpike into the new federal city across the Potomac River. Other members included: Jonah Thompson, fellow lawyer Edmund J. Lee, Charles Alexander, Thomas Swann, Jacob Hoffman and John Mandeville.
Possibly after his father's death in 1810, Cuthbert Powell moved to Loudon County where he farmed using enslaved labor. In the 1820 census, he owned 21 enslaved people in Leesburg, the county seat, of which 10 were involved in farming. A decade later, he owned 18 enslaved people. In the final census of his lifetime, Powell owned 29 enslaved people.
In addition to holding various local offices, Powell continued his political career, succeeding his brother Burr Powell (a lawyer in Middleburg) in the Senate of Virginia and serving from 1815 until 1819. Powell much later, in 1828, won election to the Virginia House of Delegates, but only served a single term.
Powell was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). Possibly his last political task was chairing the committee to greet fellow Whig and former President John Quincy Adams when he visited Leesburg in 1844.