Alfred H. Powell was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Virginia

Virginia

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Born in Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County, Virginia

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, Powell was graduated from Princeton College.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

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, in 1800.
He served as member of the state senate 1812-1819.

Powell was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827).
He served as delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1830.
He died in Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county is estimated to be home to 312,311 people, an 84 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 169,599. That increase makes the county the fourth...

, in 1831.

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