词条 | Peter B. Porter Jr. |
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| name = Peter B. Porter Jr. | image = | office = Speaker of the House New York Assembly | term_start = January l, 1841 | term_end = December 31, 1841 | preceded = George Washington Patterson | succeeded = Levi S. Chatfield | office2 = Assemblyman New York Assembly | term_start2 = January l, 1838 | term_end2 = December 31, 1841 | preceded2 = Hiram McNeil | succeeded2 = Thomas T. Flagler | birth_date = {{Birth date|1806|05|07}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Salisbury Litchfield County, Connecticut}} | death_date = 1871 | death_place = | resting_place = | citizenship = | spouse = | children = | parents = Augustus Porter Jane Howell | relations = Peter Buell Porter (uncle) | profession = Lawyer, politician | party = Whig | alma_mater = Hamilton College | religion = |}} Peter Buell Porter (May 7, 1806 – 1871) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Assemblyman and Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1841. Early lifePeter Buell Porter was born on May 7, 1806 in Salisbury, Connecticut to Augustus Porter (1769–1849), and his second wife Jane Howell.[1] His uncle, and namesake, was Peter Buell Porter (1773–1844), the United States Secretary of War under John Quincy Adams. Shortly after his birth in June 1806, Porter moved with his family to Niagara Falls, New York. He graduated from Hamilton College. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Buffalo, New York. Family lifePorter did not marry and died in 1871. The place of his burial is unknown. CareerElected as a Whig, Porter was a member from Niagara County of the New York State Assembly from January 1, 1838 to December 31, 1841, and was Speaker in 1841. In 1852, he was a vice president of the committee that organized the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, and was a director of the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad. References1. ^{{cite web|title=Peter B. Porter, Jr.|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Peter_B_Porter_records.ashx?pid=94768933|publisher=1997-2014 Ancestry.com|accessdate=11 March 2014}} External links
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