Background
Powell, Cuthbert was born on March 4, 1775 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Levin Powell.
United States representative lawyer politician Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
Powell, Cuthbert was born on March 4, 1775 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Levin Powell.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Powell completed preparatory studies. He studied law and after being admitted to the bar he practiced in Alexandria where he would eventually be elected mayor.
Cuthbert Powell moved to Loudon County where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Powell was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He died at his Llangollen estate in Loudoun County near the town of Upperville, Virginia on May 8, 1849.
He was interred there in the estate's private cemetery.
Member Virginia Senate, 1815-1819. Member Virginia House of Delegates, 1828-1829. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Virginia, 27th Congress, 1841-1843.