Background
Powers, Leon Walter was born on June 12, 1888 in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter and Katherine (McIntire) Powers.
Powers, Leon Walter was born on June 12, 1888 in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Son of Walter and Katherine (McIntire) Powers.
Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1912. Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1914.
; children—Mary, Genevieve, James, Walter (deceased 1947). Admitted to Iowa bar, 1914, and practiced in Denison. Member Conner & Powers, 1914-1924, Powers & Gilchrist, 1928-1934.
Member Iowa Legislature, 1919-1922.
Judge Supreme Court of Iowa, 1934-1936. General counsel Farm Credit Administration of Omaha.
1936-1943. Chairman, Board Of Directors Federal Land Bank, Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, Bank of Company-operation Production Credit Corporation all of Omaha, 1936-1943.
Now practicing law with law firm Powers & Reimer, Dennison, Iowa.
Member military tribunal, Nurnberg, Germany, 1947-1948. Delaware to Democratic national convention, 1924-1932, 44. Member American and Iowa State bar associations.
Married Blanid Lally, June 28, 1916 (deceased. Children: Mary, Genevieve, James, Walter (deceased 1947).