Levin Winder served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1789 to 1793.
11 Facts About Levin Winder
2.
Shortly thereafter, Levin Winder was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.
3.
In 1796, Levin Winder made his first attempt at public office.
4.
Levin Winder seems to have been inactive politically for several years.
5.
Levin Winder hoped, although in vain, that the national government would have given Maryland 'some assurance of future protection and security.
6.
Levin Winder reported to it that 'considerable alarms have pervaded the state, in consequence of the appearance of a large naval force within the waters of the Chesapeake.
7.
Levin Winder was re-elected over his opponent, former Governor Bowie, despite the protests of the opposition.
8.
Levin Winder referred to the removal of the records to Upper Marlboro by requesting the Legislature to make some further provision with regard to them since 'there is a considerable danger of their being lost or destroyed by frequent removals.
9.
Governor Levin Winder had been elected the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Maryland in 1814 while he was still governor.
10.
Levin Winder laid the cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore on July 4,1815, as well as that of the old Masonic Hall in that city.
11.
Governor Levin Winder was buried in the First Presbyterian Church graveyard on the corner of Fayette and Greene Streets in Baltimore.