Famous People with Name Powers

Powers Hapgood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Powers Hapgood: was an American Trade Union Organizer and Socialist Party leader known for his involvement with the United Mine Workers in the 1920s. Hapgood went to work as an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in 1922. Hapgood was instrumental in o

David Francis Powers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Francis Powers: was Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to President of the United States John F. Kennedy. Powers served as Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 until his retirement in May 1994. Powers was a military veter

Gershom Powers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gershom Powers: was a U.S. Representative from New York. He taught school in the town of Sempronius, New York, while attending the local law school, from which he graduated in 1810. He was admitted to New York State Bar Association the same year and commenced practice in

Caleb Powers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Caleb Powers: was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the first Secretary of State of Kentucky convicted as an accessory to murder. Powers studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice at Barbourville, Kentucky. He was the superint

Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Georgia Montgomery Davis Powers: served for 21 years as a distinguished member of the state Senate in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. When elected in 1967, she became the first person of color and the first woman elected to the Kentucky's State Senate.

Russ Powers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Russ Powers: is a Canadian politician. He is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale for the Liberal Party. He was first elected to municipal office in Dundas in 1982, and served as a Dundas Town Councillor until 2000. He was also elected as a Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Councillor in 1995. When Dundas was amalgamated with Hamilton in 2001, Powers was elected to the Hamilton City Council. In 2004 Russ resigned mid-term from his city council seat to run for Member of Parliament representing the open Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale seat in that year's Canadian federal election. Liberal John H. Bryden had held the previous riding of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot in the 1993, 1997 and 2000 federal elections, but defected to the Conservative Party in early 2004 due to his opposition to Paul Martin's leadership. Many believed that Bryden would win the redistributed riding in 2004, but he lost the Conservative nomination to David Sweet. Powers defeated Sweet by a margin of 39.5% to 36%, with the NDP candidate Gordon Guyatt receiving 21% support. Later in 2006, Powers was re-elected to his previous position of Hamilton City Councillor for Ward 13 (Dundas). In 2010, he sought re-election as Ward 13 Councillor and was successful, defeating four others by winning all polls with almost 60% of the popular support.