From 1905 Michigan Manual, Page 766

RANDALL D. POWERS,

Representative from Branch county, was born in the village of Bronson, Branch county, Michigan, November 25, 1859, of English descent. He has continued to live in this vicinity since his birth, and was educated in the village schools and Hillsdale College. At the age of seventeen he began clerking in his father's store, and after thirteen years became proprietor. The business is now carried on by he and his brother, C. H. Powers. He is married, and is prominent in social and business affairs of his locality. He is an active member of several secret orders, including I. O.O. F., A. O. U. W., F. & A. M., and Knights Templar. He has held the offices of village clerk, treasurer, trustee, and has been a member of the school board. Mr. Powers is a lifelong republican, and was elected to the legislature of 1905-6 by a vote of 4,109 to 2,007 for James F. Knapp and 138 for William Shipway.