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A.</a></b> — of Portage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/portage.html#2">Portage, Wis.</a>, 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/WI.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="699.63.54">Porter, A. A.</a></b> — of Zanesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MU-lived.html">Muskingum County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/OH.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="973.51.81">Porter, A. W.</a></b> — Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/ofc/aud.html">North Dakota state auditor</a>, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="945.01.67">Porter, Addison</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Greene County, 1826. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="129.34.80">Porter, Albert Gallatin</a> (1824-1897)</b> — also known as <b>Albert G. Porter</b> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Lawrenceburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/DA-born.html">Dearborn County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/04-20.html">April 20, 1824</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/rptr.html">Indiana reporter of state courts</a>, 1853-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 6th District, 1859-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Indiana</a>, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/IN.html">1888</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-diplomats.html ">Italy</a>, 1889-92. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/05-03.html">May 3, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 13 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#163.13.60">Albert Gallatin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000435">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408826">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/albert-gallatin-porter/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/porter-albert-gallatin ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="016.60.59">Porter, Albert L.</a></b> — of Coldwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BN-lived.html">Branch County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coldwater.html#2">Village president of Coldwater, Michigan</a>, 1846-47; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coldwater.html#3">Coldwater, Mich.</a>, 1857-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="565.03.21">Porter, Albert S.</a></b> — of Lyndhurst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Pepper Pike, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/OH.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/OH.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/OH.html">1972</a>; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/index.html">1964</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="829.89.89">Porter, Albert T., Jr.</a></b> — of Winston-Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FO-lived.html">Forsyth County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NC.html">2004</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NC.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="274.06.63">Porter, Alexander, Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1796-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="876.23.21">Porter, Alexander</a> (1785-1844)</b> — of Attakapas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SM-lived.html">St. Martin Parish</a>, La.; St. Martinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SM-lived.html">St. Martin Parish</a>, La. Born in County Donegal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/06-24.html">June 24, 1785</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/sthse.html">Louisiana state house of representatives</a>, 1816-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Louisiana state supreme court</a>, 1821-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1833-37; delegate to Whig National Convention from Louisiana, 1839. Slaveowner. Died in Attakapas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SM-died.html">St. Martin Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-13.html">January 13, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 203 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SY-buried.html#cms05054">a private or family graveyard</a>, St. Mary Parish, La. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000436">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408827">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="377.97.09">Porter, Alexander</a></b> — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1845-48. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="234.18.10">Porter, Alexander</a></b> — Independence League candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 11th District, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="029.37.99">Porter, Andrew H.</a></b> — of Bloomfield Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/bloomfield-twp.html">Supervisor of Bloomfield Township, Michigan</a>; elected 1904, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA253"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/321/03.58.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Andrew J. Porter"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="321.03.58">Porter, Andrew J.</a> (b. 1856)</b> — of Orient, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FK-lived.html">Faulk County</a>, S.Dak.; Faulkton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/FK-lived.html">Faulk County</a>, S.Dak. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 42nd District, 1901-04. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="227.50.34">Porter, Arthur</a></b> — of Rexburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Idaho. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/rexburg.html">Mayor of Rexburg, Idaho</a>, 1929-35. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="914.24.34">Porter, Arthur</a></b> — of Sophia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-parties.html">Chair of Raleigh County Democratic Party</a>, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="947.01.15">Porter, Arthur E.</a></b> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Manchester 1st Ward, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="933.69.01">Porter, Arthur S.</a></b> — of Michigan. Liberty candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 1st District, 1843. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="250.63.44">Porter, Asahel</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SA-lived.html">Saratoga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Saratoga County, 1804-06. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="961.34.21">Porter, Augustus Seymour</a> (1769-1849)</b> — also known as <b>Augustus Porter</b> — of Canandaigua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/01-18.html">January 18, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">Surveyor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-03; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/niagarafalls.html#3">Niagara Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1836. Died in Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-died.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/06-10.html">June 10, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-buried.html#cms00778">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Niagara Falls, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/03-10.html">March 10, 1796</a>, to Lavinia Steele; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/01-24.html">January 24, 1801</a>, to Jane Howell (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#229.32.84">Nathaniel Woodhull Howell</a>); father of <a href="#578.27.47">Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#644.48.95">Alvred Bayard Nettleton</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#369.09.74">Daniel Frederick Webster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#156.54.33">Lovel Davis Parmelee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#778.12.24">Theron Ephron Catlin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#199.87.50">Henry Scudder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#613.93.35">Samuel George Andrews</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#177.15.53">Jairus Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#147.60.12">Anson Levi Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#069.18.67">Waitman Thomas Willey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#679.80.55">Lyman Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#686.10.79">William Gleason Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#904.82.30">Almon Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#677.23.35">James Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#647.85.15">Samuel Lathrop Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#973.59.02">Allen Jacob Holcomb</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#903.58.66">Charles Creighton Stratton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#019.56.86">Edmund Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#726.97.22">Calvin Tilden Hulburd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#892.09.80">Albert Asahel Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#667.78.73">Philemon Bliss</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayakawa-haydon.html#924.70.16">Charles Jenkins Hayden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#622.10.14">John Leake Newbold Stratton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#942.21.19">Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#845.11.77">Judson B. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#658.04.77">Edwin Carpenter Pinney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#575.32.41">Timothy E. Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#906.07.86">Erskine Mason Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#550.74.35">William Walter Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#488.63.99">William Patrick Willey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#153.33.08">Charles A. Hungerford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#029.69.03">Walter Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#713.93.60">William Barret Ridgely</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall4.html#232.31.69">George Harrison Hall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#440.61.13">Clayton Hyde Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#051.62.54">Phineas Orange Small</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#102.01.36">Clement Phineas Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#076.83.55">Monroe Marsh Sweetland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#475.20.08">William Brainard Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#999.23.98">Lafayette Blanchard Gleason</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#242.32.78">Arthur Eugene Parmelee</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#450.06.62">Austin Eugene Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#140.17.44">Hiram Bingham</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#351.36.54">Leonard White</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#525.38.95">Isaac Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#235.05.44">Eli Thacher Hoyt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#855.99.20">Nathaniel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#565.78.49">Caleb Scudder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#026.00.76">James Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#115.72.55">Joseph Lyman Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#087.76.51">John Arnold Rockwell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#454.18.53">Elisha Mills Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#614.71.17">Henry Titus Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#053.18.96">Henry Joel Scudder</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/63879607">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="578.27.47">Porter, Augustus Seymour</a> (1798-1872)</b> — also known as <b>Augustus S. Porter</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Canandaigua, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-born.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/01-18.html">January 18, 1798</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1838-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Michigan</a>, 1839-45. Died in Niagara Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-died.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-18.html">September 18, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 244 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-buried.html#cms00778">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Niagara Falls, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#961.34.21">Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849)</a> and Lavinia (Steele) Porter; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#089.34.88">Peter Buell Porter Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter Buell Porter</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#462.32.81">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#144.42.40">Frederick Dent Grant</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#500.19.17">Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#433.10.72">Benjamin Huntington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#034.25.81">Joshua Coit</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#280.27.07">Henry Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#633.15.25">Gurdon Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#224.69.81">Samuel Lathrop</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#157.08.09">Abel Huntington</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#548.16.61">Samuel Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scudder.html#199.87.50">Henry Scudder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otis.html#225.82.39">Asa H. Otis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#644.48.95">Alvred Bayard Nettleton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#369.09.74">Daniel Frederick Webster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#156.54.33">Lovel Davis Parmelee</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#778.12.24">Theron Ephron Catlin</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#075.06.66">Ebenezer Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#039.79.42">Gaylord Griswold</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#300.46.46">Benjamin Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams7.html#433.52.89">Parmenio Adams</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#743.86.80">Elisha Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.22.09">Lancelot Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#580.47.10">Abijah Blodget</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#842.94.03">Benjamin Nicoll Huntington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#286.71.40">Samuel H. Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#260.28.70">Jabez Williams Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#613.93.35">Samuel George Andrews</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#241.23.80">Harrison Blodget</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#446.38.88">John Hall Brockway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#177.15.53">Jairus Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrows.html#382.35.25">Lorenzo Burrows</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#826.92.69">Norman A. Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#147.60.12">Anson Levi Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George Smith Catlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willauer-william.html#069.18.67">Waitman Thomas Willey</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#679.80.55">Lyman Trumbull</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#448.15.94">John Smith Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glassbrook-glenmore.html#686.10.79">William Gleason Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#904.82.30">Almon Case</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#677.23.35">James Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#850.34.66">Robert Coit Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#647.85.15">Samuel Lathrop Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#058.29.17">Abial Lathrop</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#693.25.42">Roger Wolcott</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#973.59.02">Allen Jacob Holcomb</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000437">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408828">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7249500">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="983.26.92">Porter, B. F.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from York County, 1869-70. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="807.09.85">Porter, B. J.</a></b> — of Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/camden.html#2">Camden, Maine</a>, 1860-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="585.25.53">Porter, B. L.</a></b> — Greenback candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 47th District, 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="989.37.84">Porter, Brian</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/sthse.html">Alaska state house of representatives</a> 20th District, 2001. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="638.53.56">Porter, Bridgie</a></b> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AZ.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="335.89.73">Porter, Burrill, Jr.</a></b> — of North Attleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/BR-lived.html">Bristol County</a>, Mass. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MA.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="760.71.31">Porter, Byron</a></b> — of Texas. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/TX.html">1868</a>. 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