D. Lane Powers

David Lane Powers

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 4th district
In office March 4, 1933 – August 30, 1945
Preceded by	Charles Aubrey Eaton
Succeeded by	Frank A. Mathews, Jr.
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1928-1930
Personal details
Born	July 29, 1896 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	March 28, 1968 (aged 72) Feasterville, Pennsylvania, USA
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician

David Lane Powers (July 29, 1896 – March 28, 1968) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1945.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powers attended the public schools, and was graduated from Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, Pennsylvania in 1915. During World War I, he was commissioned a second lieutenant on August 15, 1917. He was promoted to first lieutenant and served as battalion adjutant in the Eight Hundred and Seventh Pioneer Infantry. He moved to Trenton, New Jersey, in 1919 and engaged in the building business. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1928 to 1930.

Powers was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his resignation on August 30, 1945, to become a member of the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission, a post he held until retirement in 1967. He died in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1968, and was interred in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey.