History of Pultneyville, (Wayne County) New York United States of America

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Orlando Woodworth Powers, jurist, was born at Pultneyville, N.Y., June 16, 1851; son of Josiah Woodworth and Julia (Stoddard) Powers; grandson of Capt. Peter Powers of Croyden, N.H., great-grandson of David Powers of Croyden, a soldier in the Revolution, and a descendant of Walter Power, who landed at Salem, Mass., in 1654, and settled in Middlesex county, Mass. He was a student at the Collegiate institute, Marion, N.Y., and at the Sodus academy, N.Y., and was graduated from the University of Michigan, LL.B., 1871. He was admitted to the bar, 1873, and settled in practice at Kalamazoo, Mich., where he was city attorney, 1876 and 1885. He was the defeated Democratic candidate for representative from the fourth district of Michigan in the 47th congress in 1880; was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic national convention of 1884, from Michigan; was appointed by President Cleveland, associate justice of the supreme court of Utah Territory in May, 1885, and in August, 1886, resigned and settled in practice in Salt Lake city. He was married, Oct. 26, 1887, to Anna W., daughter of George and Isabelle (Drew) Whipple of Burlington, Iowa. He became prominent as chairman of the Gentile party of Salt Lake city in the great campaign against the Mormons in 1889-90, when Salt Lake city was first carried by the Gentiles; was elected as Gentile Democratic representative to the Demecratic national convention of 1892; was a member of the Utah territorial legislature, 1893-94; chairman of the Democratic state committee of Utah, 1895-96, and a delegate from Utah to the Democratic national convention of 1896, where he placed in nomination Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia for Vice-President. He took a prominent part in the campaign of 1896, speaking in all the western and northwestern states. His name was presented as a candidate for U.S. senator in 1897 and 1899, and the legislature failing to elect in 1899, he was appointed U.S. senator in 1900 by Acting-Governor Nebeker to fill the vacancy, but declined, preferring to continue as a practising attorney at Salt Lake city. He is the author of: Chancery Pleadings and Practice, (1882), and Practice in the Supreme Court of Michigan (1884).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Pultneyville, (Wayne County) New York

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