Samuel McDowell
American politician
Died when: 81 years 331 days (982 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Samuel McDowell (October 29, 1735 – September 25, 1817) 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.
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 Dr.Ephraim McDowell.
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