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| |  Porter, A. A. — of Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.Republican. Postmaster atPortage,Wis., 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, A. A. — of Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromOhio,1928.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, A. W. — Democrat.NorthDakota state auditor, 1893-94.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Addison — ofGreeneCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Greene County, 1826.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Albert Gallatin(1824-1897) —also known asAlbert G. Porter — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,April20, 1824.Republican.Lawyer;Indianareporter of state courts, 1853-56;U.S.Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1859-63;Governor ofIndiana, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1888;U.S. Minister toItaly, 1889-92.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,May 3,1897 (age73 years, 13days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Porter, Albert L. — of Coldwater,BranchCounty, Mich.Democrat.Villagepresident of Coldwater, Michigan, 1846-47; postmaster atColdwater,Mich., 1857-61.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Albert Sidney, Jr.(1904-1979) —also known asAlbert S. Porter — of Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio; Pepper Pike,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born inPortsmouth,Va.,November29, 1904.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;CuyahogaCounty Engineer, 1947-76; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1952,1964,1972;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1960,1964;chairof Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1963-69; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Ohio, 1964-72; in 1976, reportersdiscoveredthat he forced his staff tokickback two percent of their pay; aninvestigationresulted; hepleadedguilty to 19 counts oftheftin office, and wassentencedto two years of probation, andfined$10,000.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Grotto;Eagles;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;ReserveOfficers Association;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Tau BetaPi;SigmaXi;SigmaPhi Epsilon.Died, fromheartdisease anddiabetes,in HillcrestHospital,Mayfield Heights,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,January7, 1979 (age74 years, 39days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Albert Sidney Porter and Lena May (Edmonds) Porter; married,April20, 1929, to Grace Marie Robinson; married1949 toGenevieve Shaveyco. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Porter, Albert T., Jr. — of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from NorthCarolina,2004,2008.Still living as of 2008. | | Porter, Alexander, Jr. — ofNewCastle County, Del.Member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1796-97.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Alexander(1785-1844) —of Attakapas,St. MartinParish, La.; St. Martinville,St. MartinParish, La.Born in County Donegal,Ireland,June24, 1785.Whig.Delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1812; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1816-18;justice ofLouisiana state supreme court, 1821-33;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1833-37; delegate to Whig NationalConvention from Louisiana, 1839.Slaveowner. Died in Attakapas,St. MartinParish, La.,January13, 1844 (age58 years, 203days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, St. Mary Parish, La. | | Porter, Alexander — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Whig.Mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1845-48.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Alexander — Independence League candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1908.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Andrew H. — of Bloomfield Township,OaklandCounty, Mich.Republican.Supervisorof Bloomfield Township, Michigan; elected 1904, 1905.Burial location unknown.  | Porter, Andrew J. (b.1856) —of Orient,FaulkCounty, S.Dak.; Faulkton,FaulkCounty, S.Dak.Born in Pennsylvania,1856.Republican.Merchant;member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 42nd District, 1901-04.Burial location unknown.| | Image source:South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
| | Porter,AnnaSeeAnnaPorter Morse | | Porter, Arthur — of Rexburg,MadisonCounty, Idaho.Mayorof Rexburg, Idaho, 1929-35.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Arthur — of Sophia,RaleighCounty, W.Va.Democrat.Chair ofRaleigh County Democratic Party, 1970.Still living as of 1970. | | Porter, Arthur E. — of Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Manchester1st Ward, 1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Arthur S. — of Michigan. Liberty candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1843.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Asahel — ofSaratogaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Saratoga County, 1804-06.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Augustus Seymour(1769-1849) —also known asAugustus Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January18, 1769.Surveyor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-03;postmaster atNiagaraFalls, N.Y., 1836.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1849 (age80 years, 143days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andPeterBuell Porter; married,March10, 1796, to Lavinia Steele; married,January24, 1801, to Jane Howell (sister ofNathanielWoodhull Howell); father ofAugustus SeymourPorter (1798-1872) andPeterBuell Porter Jr.; uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); granduncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofAsa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,JedediahHuntington,HenryScudder,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,EdmundHolcomb,IraChandler Backus,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,TimothyE. Griswold,ErskineMason Phelps,WilliamWalter Phelps,WilliamPatrick Willey,CharlesA. Hungerford,WalterHarrison Blodget,WilliamBarret Ridgely,GeorgeHarrison Hall,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,PhineasOrange Small,ClementPhineas Kellogg,MonroeMarsh Sweetland,WilliamBrainard Coit,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason,ArthurEugene Parmelee,AustinEugene Lathrop andHiramBingham; fourth cousin ofSamuelH. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardWhite,WilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,EliThacher Hoyt,NathanielHuntington,CalebScudder,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JohnArnold Rockwell,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus,BaileyFrye Adams andHenryJoel Scudder. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Porter, Augustus Seymour(1798-1872) —also known asAugustus S. Porter — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1798.Whig.Lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1838-39;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1839-45.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1872 (age74 years, 244days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAugustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) andLavinia (Steele) Porter; half-brother ofPeterBuell Porter Jr.; nephew ofPeterBuell Porter; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Porter, B. F. — ofYorkCounty, Pa.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from York County, 1869-70.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, B. J. — of Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine.Postmaster atCamden,Maine, 1860-61.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, B. L. — Greenback candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate 47th District, 1884.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Brian — ofAnchorage,Alaska.Republican. Member ofAlaskastate house of representatives 20th District, 2001.Still living as of 2001. | | Porter, Bridgie — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromArizona,1940.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Burrill, Jr. — of North Attleboro,BristolCounty, Mass.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1896.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Byron — of Texas. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1868.Burial location unknown.
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