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| |  Porter, O. S. — of Rochester,OlmstedCounty, Minn.Member ofMinnesotastate senate 10th District, 1872-73; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 10, 1881-82;mayorof Rochester, Minn., 1885-87, 1889-90.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Oliver — Democrat. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1871.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, P. G. — of Olathe,JohnsonCounty, Kan.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Paul — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1932.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Paul (1907-2002) — of Quincy,BranchCounty, Mich.Born in1907.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1968(alternate),1980;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1972;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 41st District, 1975-78; defeated,1968, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980; Democratic candidate for PresidentialElector for Michigan,1976;candidate forMichiganstate senate 19th District, 1982.Died in2002(ageabout95 years).Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Paul A. — of Kentucky. Democrat. Member, Federal Communications Commission, 1944-46; chair,Federal Communications Commission, 1944-46.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Pearl — of LaMoure,LaMoureCounty, N.Dak.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NorthDakota,1948.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Percy M. — of Mapleton,AroostookCounty, Maine.Republican. Member ofMainestate house of representatives from Aroostook County, 1919-20.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Perry — of Miami,OttawaCounty, Okla.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,1944(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Peter Augustus(1827-1864) —also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo),ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Episcopalian.Killedby enemygunshotwhile leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor,HanoverCounty, Va.,June 3,1864 (age36 years, 322days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| |  Relatives: SonofPeter Buell Porter and Letitia Preston(Breckinridge) Porter; married,March30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter ofJohnBreckinridge); married,November9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father ofPeter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),Peter BuellPorter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,UlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich; 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 families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Porter, Peter Augustus(1853-1925) —also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1853.Banker;newspapereditor;villagepresident of Niagara Falls, New York, 1878; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1886-87;U.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1907-09.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1925 (age72 years, 66days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Cabell (Breckinridge) Porter andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); married1887 to AliceAdele Taylor; grandson ofPeter BuellPorter; grandnephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),Peter BuellPorter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,Asa H.Otis,AbijahBlodget,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Porter, Peter Buell(1773-1844) —also known asPeter B. Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1773.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1801-02, 1828 (Ontario and Steuben counties1801-02, Erie County 1828);U.S.Representative from New York, 1809-13, 1815-16 (15th District1809-13, 21st District 1815-16); general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812; fought aduelwith Gen. Alexander Smyth;secretaryof state of New York, 1815-16; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1817;U.S.Secretary of War, 1828-29.Slaveowner. Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1844 (age70 years, 229days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849); married,October16, 1818, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (daughter ofJohnBreckinridge; sister ofJosephCabell Breckinridge andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; widow ofAlfredWilliam Grayson); father ofPeter AugustusPorter (1827-1864); uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872) andPeter BuellPorter Jr.; grandfather ofPeter AugustusPorter (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 alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Porter, Peter Buell, Jr.(1806-1871) —also known asPeter B. Porter, Jr. — ofNiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1806.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County, 1838-41.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1871 (age65 years, 90days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) and Jane (Howell) Porter; half-brotherofAugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872); nephew ofNathanielWoodhull Howell (1770-1851) andPeter BuellPorter; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeter Augustus Porter(1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofNathanielWoodhull Howell (1830-1916) andPeterAugustus 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). | | | | Epitaph: "Faithful to his friends,charitable toward all, he died in Christian hope." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Porter, Preston B. — of Darien,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Firstselectman of Darien, Connecticut, 1950.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter,PriceSeeD.Price Porter | | Porter, Reuben — of Sutton,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Member ofNewHampshire state senate 8th District, 1834-36.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Richard B. — of Ogden,WeberCounty, Utah.Democrat. Postmaster atOgden,Utah, 1934-45 (acting, 1934-35).Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Richard B. — ofWayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 20th District, 1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Porter, Richard D. — also known asDick Porter — of California. Reform candidate forU.S.Representative from California 22nd District, 1996, 1998, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Porter, Robert — of Graham (now Bluefield),TazewellCounty, Va.Republican. Postmaster atGraham,Va., 1890-93.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Robert G. — of Ferndale,OaklandCounty, Mich.Mayorof Ferndale, Mich., 2003.Still living as of 2003. | | Porter, Robert W. — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Porter, Royal H. — of Keene,CheshireCounty, N.H.Member ofNewHampshire state senate 9th District, 1876-78.Burial location unknown.
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