Levin Winder
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During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed major
Major
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of the 4th Maryland Regiment
4th Maryland Regiment
The 4th Maryland Regiment was organized on 27 March 1776 with eight companies from Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Somerset counties in the colony of Maryland. It was authorized on 16 September 1776 for service with the Continental Army and assigned to the main on 27 December 1776. It was assigned to...
, 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.
Winder served as the 14th Governor
Governor of Maryland
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of the state of Maryland
Maryland
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in the United States
United States
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from 1812 to 1816. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...
from 1789 to 1793.