Samuel Powel (1738 – September 29, 1793) was a colonial and post-colonial mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1759 from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania). He served as mayor from 1775–1776 and 1789–1790, the office having lain vacant in the interim.
Powel was an early member of the American Philosophical Society and a trustee of the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania).
On August 7, 1769, he married Elizabeth Willing, was the daughter of Philadelphia mayor Charles Willing and Ann Shippen, and a sister of Philadelphia mayor and Continental Congressman Thomas Willing, the business partner of Robert Morris.
Powel died in the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 on September 29, 1793, in Philadelphia, where he is interred at Christ Church Burial Ground.
External links
- Biography and portrait at the University of Pennsylvania
- Samuel Powel House
- Samuel Powel at Find a Grave
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Mayor of Philadelphia 1775–1776 |
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| Preceded by vacant |
Mayor of Philadelphia 1789–1790 |
Succeeded by Samuel Miles |
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