Lewis Powell

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Confederate sympathizer assassin conspirator person

Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lewis Powell canonical 14
Lewis Powell (Lewis Paine) 1
Lewis Powell Jr. 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate sympathizer ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
conspirator ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lewis Paine ⓘ
Lewis Payne ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
surface form: assassination of Abraham Lincoln
birthDate 1844-04-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Randolph County, Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Randolph County, Alabama, United States
burialPlace Arsenal grounds, Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
capturedAt Mary Surratt’s boarding house, Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
capturedOn 1865-04-17 ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
coConspirator David Herold ⓘ
Edman Spangler ⓘ
George Atzerodt ⓘ
John Wilkes Booth ⓘ
Mary Surratt ⓘ
Michael O'Laughlen ⓘ
surface form: Michael O’Laughlen

Samuel Arnold ⓘ
convictedOf attempted assassination of William H. Seward ⓘ
conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfAttack 1865-04-14 ⓘ
deathDate 1865-07-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
fullName Lewis Thornton Powell ⓘ
laterBurialPlace Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Florida, United States ⓘ
Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
legalCharge attempted murder of William H. Seward ⓘ
conspiracy to assassinate U.S. government officials ⓘ
locationOfAttack Seward residence, Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
memberOf John Wilkes Booth’s conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and other officials ⓘ
militaryAllegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Army ⓘ
notableFor attempted assassination of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward ⓘ
officeAttacked United States Secretary of State ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State of the United States
parent George C. Powell ⓘ
Patience Caroline Powell ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
penalty death ⓘ
placeOfDetention Washington Arsenal ⓘ
surface form: Washington Arsenal, Washington, D.C., United States
rank private ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
roleInEvent assailant in the attack on William H. Seward ⓘ
servedAs Confederate soldier ⓘ
targetedPerson William H. Seward ⓘ
triedBy United States military commission ⓘ
woreDisguise Union soldier’s uniform during the Seward attack ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln → conspirator → Lewis Powell ⓘ
George Atzerodt → conspiredWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Powell → hasNotableBearer → Lewis Powell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lewis Powell Jr.
David Herold → coConspiratorWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Mary Surratt → sharesCauseOfDeathWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Michael O'Laughlen → knownAssociate → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Samuel Arnold → conspiredWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
William H. Seward → attackedBy → Lewis Powell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lewis Powell (Lewis Paine)
Atzerodt → conspiredWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
subject surface form: George Atzerodt
Atzerodt → executedWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
subject surface form: George Atzerodt
Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C. → hasNotableBurials → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Washington Arsenal Penitentiary, Washington, D.C. → associatedWithPerson → Lewis Powell ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Arsenal Penitentiary
David Edgar Herold → coConspiratorWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Lincoln assassination conspirators → hasMember → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Lincoln assassination conspirators → notableExecutedMember → Lewis Powell ⓘ
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins → associatedWith → Lewis Powell ⓘ