{{short description|American politician and military officer (1757-1819)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Levin Winder | honorific_suffix = | image = Levin-Winder GrandMaster 1814 GLOfMD.jpg | caption = 1814 portrait | order = 14th | office = Governor of Maryland | term_start = November 25, 1812 | term_end = January 2, 1816 | lieutenant = <!--Can be repeated up to 16 times by adding a number--> | predecessor = Robert Bowie | successor = Charles Carnan Ridgely | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1757|9|4}} | birth_place = Somerset County, Province of Maryland, British America | death_date = {{Death date and age|1819|7|1|1757|9|4}} | death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Baltimore | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Federalist | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | spouse = Mary Staughton Sloss (1790–?) | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = 3 | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | father = William Winder (1714/15–1792) | mother = Esther (Gillis) Winder | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards = <!-- for military awards - appears as "Awards" if |awards= is not set --> | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }}

'''Levin Winder''' (September 4, 1757 – July 1, 1819) was an American politician and military officer. During the Revolutionary War, he was appointed major 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 Maryland in the United States from 1812 to 1816. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1789 to 1793. Winder was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.<ref>Metcalf, Bryce (1938). ''Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 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.</ref>

== References == {{portal|American Civil War|Biography}} {{reflist}} *Frank F. White, Jr., The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970 (Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, 1970), 65-68. * [http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001300/001396/html/1396bio2.html Maryland State Archives]

== External links == *{{commons category-inline}} *[http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/resources/wroten/wroten_lwinder.html Governor Faced Hard Problems - Delmarva Heritage Series] * [https://www.societyofthecincinnati.org The Society of the Cincinnati] * [https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org The American Revolution Institute]

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