Levin Winder

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
14th Governor of Maryland
In office November 25, 1812 – January 2, 1816
Preceded by	Robert Bowie
Succeeded by	Charles Carnan Ridgely
Personal details
Born	(1757-09-04)September 4, 1757 Somerset County, Province of Maryland, British America
Died	July 1, 1819(1819-07-01) (aged 61) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Baltimore
Political party	Federalist
Spouse	Mary Staughton Sloss (1790–?)
Children	3
Parents	William Winder (1714/15–1792) (father) Esther (Gillis) Winder (mother)

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

• American Civil War portal
• Biography portal

1. 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

• Media related to Levin Winder at Wikimedia Commons
• Governor Faced Hard Problems - Delmarva Heritage Series
• The Society of the Cincinnati
• The American Revolution Institute

Political offices
Preceded by George Dent	Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates 1791–1793	Succeeded by John Parnham
Preceded by Tobias E. Stansbury	Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates 1808–1809	Succeeded by Tobias E. Stansbury
Preceded by Robert Bowie	Governor of Maryland 1812–1816	Succeeded by Charles Carnan Ridgely