Levin Winder (September 4, 1757 – July 1, 1819) in

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. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed

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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. Winder served as the 14th governor of the state of

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in the United States from 1812 to 1816. He also served in the

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from 1789 to 1793. Winder was admitted as an original member of The

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of Maryland.Metcalf, Bryce (1938). ''Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the

, 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.

References

*Frank F. White, Jr., The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970 (Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 65-68.
Maryland State Archives

External links

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The Society of the Cincinnati

The American Revolution Institute
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