The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Powell-diago to Powerhouse

Index to Politicians: Powell-diago to Powerhouse

POWELL-DIAGO (Soundex P432)

Powell Diago, Adam Clayton See Adam Clayton Powell IV

POWELL-JOBS (Soundex P421)

Powell-Jobs, Laurene — of California. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000.

POWELS (Soundex P420) — See also HOFFPOWER, PAWELSKI, POWE, POWEL, POWELL, POWER, POWERHOUSE, POWERS, POWLESS, RINGWELSKI, WELSCH, WELSH, WELSHMAN.

Powels, Joseph — of Cavalier County, N.Dak. Delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Cavalier County, 1889. Burial location unknown.

POWER (Soundex P600) — See also BOWER, GOWER, HOFFPOWER, PERROW, POWE, POWEL, POWELL, POWELS, POWERHOUSE, POWERS, POYER.

POWER: See also Julian Power Alexander; Robert William Baker; Power Gamble; John A. McLaughlin; Errett Power Scrivner.
Power, Allen See E. Allen Power
Power, Calvin B. — of Pennsylvania. Single Tax candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania at-large, 1918. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, Carrie R. — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1932. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, Charles P. — of Cantrall, Sangamon County, Ill. Democrat. Member of Illinois Democratic State Central Committee, 1925; secretary of Illinois Democratic Party, 1925. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, Daniel S. — Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 16th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000.
Power, E. Allen — of Olmsted County, Minn. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives 8th District, 1857-58. Burial location unknown.
Power, Edward — U.S. Vice Consul in Pernambuco, 1921. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, Eugene Barnum (1905-1993) — also known as Eugene B. Power — of Barton Hills, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Mich., June 4, 1905. Son of Glenn Warren Power and Annette (Barnum) Power; married, June 17, 1929, to Sadye L. Harwick (died 1991); father of Philip H. Power (who married Sarah Goddard). Democrat. Member of University of Michigan board of regents; elected 1955, 1963. Episcopalian. Member, Rotary. Founder of University Microfilms in 1938; merged with Xerox Corporation 1962. Died December 6, 1993. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- See also Power family of Michigan
Power, Harold T. — of Auburn, Placer County, Calif. Republican. Presidential Elector for California, 1900; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1908. Burial location unknown.
Power, Helen B. — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944. Female. Still living as of 1944.
Power, J. L. — of Mississippi. Secretary of state of Mississippi, 1899. Burial location unknown.
Power, James — Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Refugio, 1835; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Refugio, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Burial location unknown.
Power, James (1835-1876) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in 1835. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1876. Died in 1876. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass.
Power, James E. — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 3rd District, 1886-87. Burial location unknown.
Power, James M. — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, James M. — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964. Still living as of 1964.
Power, John — of Michigan. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892, 1904; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1894-98; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1902. Burial location unknown.
Power, John — of Farmington Township (now Farmington Hills), Oakland County, Mich. Republican. Supervisor of Farmington Township, Michigan; elected 1904. Burial location unknown.
Power, John E., Jr. — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940. Still living as of 1940.
Power, John W. — of Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Mont. Member of Montana state senate 8th District, 1891-96. Burial location unknown.
Power, Joseph W. — of Mississippi. Democrat. Secretary of state of Mississippi, 1911. Burial location unknown.
Power, Lawrence — of Bradley, Kankakee County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1972. Still living as of 1972.
Power, Mary Susan — of Jonesboro, Craighead County, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972.
Power, Michael — of Salinas, Monterey County, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1944. Still living as of 1944.
Power, Michael H. — of Placer County, Calif. Member of California state assembly 20th District, 1869-71. Burial location unknown.
Power, Phil See Philip H. Power
Power, Philip H. — also known as Phil Power — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Son of Eugene Barnum Power; married 1971 to Sarah Goddard. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1978; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1987-98; appointed 1987; defeated, 1998. Still living as of 1998.
- See also Power family of Michigan
Power, Robert H. — of Vacaville, Solano County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956 (alternate), 1960. Still living as of 1960.
Power, Robert H. — of Irving, Dallas County, Tex. Mayor of Irving, Tex., 1967-71. Still living as of 1971.
Power, Sarah Goddard (1935-1987) — also known as Sarah Goddard — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 19, 1935. Daughter of Wendell Converse Goddard and Katherine Shearer Russel Goddard; married 1971 to Philip H. Power (son of Eugene Barnum Power). Democrat. Member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1975-87; died in office 1987; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1976. Female. Protestant. Committed suicide by jumping to her death from the eighth floor of Burton Tower, on the University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 24, 1987. Cremated; ashes interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- See also Power family of Michigan
Power, Thomas Charles (1839-1923) — also known as Thomas C. Power — of Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont. Born near Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, May 22, 1839. Republican. Candidate for Governor of Montana, 1889; U.S. Senator from Montana, 1890-95; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1916. Died in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., February 16, 1923. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
- See also: congressional biography.
Power, Thomas G. — of Michigan. Circuit judge in Michigan 13th Circuit, 2001. Still living as of 2001.
Power, V. L. — of Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minn. Mayor of Hibbing, Minn., 1913-21, 1923. Burial location unknown.
Power, W. H. — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1920. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, W. J. — of Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minn. Mayor of Hibbing, Minn., 1902, 1904. Burial location unknown.
Power, William — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. American Labor candidate for New York state senate 2nd District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
Power, Y. L. — of Ilion, Herkimer County, N.Y. Mayor of Ilion, N.Y., 1953. Still living as of 1953.

POWERHOUSE (Soundex ) — See also HOFFPOWER, MOORHOUSE, MORHOUS, MORHOUSE, OOSTERHOUSE, OSTERHOUDT, OSTERHOUS, OSTERHOUT, OVERHOUSE, POWE, POWEL, POWELL, POWELS, POWER, POWERS, VANOOSTERHOUT, WATERHOUSE, WESTERHOUSE.

Powerhouse, Chicago See Daniel David Rostenkowski

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