Levin Winder (September 4, 1757 – July 1, 1819) in Baltimore, Maryland. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed major of the 4th Maryland Regiment, finally attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel at war's end. After the war, he served with the Maryland Militia at the rank of brigadier general.
Levin Winder | |
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| 14th Governor of Maryland | |
| In office November 25, 1812 – January 2, 1816 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Bowie |
| Succeeded by | Charles Carnan Ridgely |
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| Born | September 4, 1757 Somerset County, Province of Maryland, British America |
| Died | July 1, 1819 (aged 61) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Baltimore |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse | Mary Staughton Sloss (1790–?) |
| Children | 3 |
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Winder served as the 14th governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1812 to 1816. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1789 to 1793. Winder was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.[1]
References
edit- ^ Metcalf, Bryce (1938). Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and Lists of the Officers of the General and State Societies Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc. p. 342.
- Frank F. White, Jr., The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970 (Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 65-68.
- Maryland State Archives
External links
editMedia related to Levin Winder at Wikimedia Commons
- Governor Faced Hard Problems - Delmarva Heritage Series
- The Society of the Cincinnati
- The American Revolution Institute