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Samuel McDowell

American politician · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1735 to 1817 · aged 81

Samuel McDowell was a soldier in three wars and political leader in Virginia and Kentucky. He served under George Washington in the French and Indian War, as an aide-de-camp to Isaac Shelby in Lord Dunmore's War, and under Nathanael Greene during the Revolutionary War.

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He then relocated to Kentucky and became a surveyor. Later, he was appointed one of the first district court judges in what would become the state of Kentucky. He became a leader of the movement to separate Kentucky from Virginia, and presided over nine of the state's ten constitutional conventions. He was the father of Ephraim McDowell.

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United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1735 to 1817 · aged 81