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This article is about the former governor of New Hampshire. For the explorer of the American West, see John Wesley Powell.

Wesley Powell (October 13, 1915 – January 6, 1981) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.

Powell was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He attended schools in Portsmouth before graduating from the University of New Hampshire. He received his law degree from the Southern Methodist College of Law in 1940.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and practiced law in Manchester before his tenure as the 70th governor of New Hampshire from 1959 to 1963.[1]

Powell ran for renomination in 1962, he was defeated in the Primary by John Pillsbury who lost the general election to John W. King. Powell made unsuccessful bids for the governorship in 1964, and 1978, and The U. S. Senate in 1966 and 1972. Powell died of natural causes on January 6, 1981, at the age of 65.

Memorials

A street in Hampton Falls is named Governor Powell Drive.

References

  1. ^ Publications – A Guide to Likenesses of New Hampshire Officials and Governors on Public Display at the Legislative Office Building and the State House Concord, New Hampshire, to 1998
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of New Hampshire
1958, 1960 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
(Class 2)
1972 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of New Hampshire
1959–1963 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the National Governors Association
1961–1962 		Succeeded by


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Powell