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Augustus Seymour Porter (January 18, 1798 – September 18, 1872) was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan .
Early life [ edit ]
He was born in Canandaigua, New York , the son of Augustus Porter (1769–1849) and his first wife, Lavinia Steele.[1] Peter Buell Porter, Jr. (1806–1871), and his uncle was Peter Buell Porter (1773–1844), the United States Secretary of War under John Quincy Adams .
He attended Canandaigua Academy ,[2] Union College , in Schenectady, New York , in 1818, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Detroit, Michigan .[3]
Porter became the recorder of Detroit in 1830 and was the treasurer of the Michigan Pioneer Society in 1837.[2] mayor of Detroit in 1838,[2] United States Senate , and was succeeded as mayor by Asher B. Bates on March 14, 1839.[2]
He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate , and served from January 20, 1840, until March 3, 1845.[4] [2] Committee on Roads and Canals , 1841–1845, and was on the Committee on Enrolled Bills , 1841–1843.[2]
Personal life [ edit ]
On July 25, 1822, he married Sarah A. Mansfield (d. 1824). Mansfield died a few months after the birth of Porter's only son:[5]
Samuel M. Porter (b. 1824), who died in youth.[5]
On September 24, 1832, he married his second wife, Sarah G. Barnard (1807–1885),[6] Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809–1889), a Columbia University President , and Gen. John G. Barnard (1815–1882).[7] Henry Clay (1777–1852).[8] [5]
Jane A. Porter (b. 1833)[5]
Sarah Frederica Porter (b. 1836), who married Stephen E. Burrall (1826–1868),[9] [5] [10] [11] [7]
In 1848, he moved to his father's residence, in Niagara Falls, New York , and died there on September 18, 1872.[3] Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls, New York .[12] Newport, Isle of Wight on April 30, 1885.[5] [7]
Descendants [ edit ]
Through his youngest daughter, he was the grandfather of Guy Augustus Porter–Burrall (1865–1890),[13] a Cambridge University lawyer and Lieutenant in the British Army ,[14] Eton College graduate.[15] letters patent from Queen Victoria , on August 16, 1886.[9]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f United States Congress. "Augustus Seymour Porter (id: P000437)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
^ a b "Hon. Augustus S. Porter" . The New York Times . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ Press, C. Q. (October 6, 2009). American Political Leaders 1789-2009 ISBN 9781452267265 . Retrieved 14 November 2016 .
^ a b c d e f Andrews, Henry Porter (1893). The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9 616 . Retrieved 14 November 2016 .
^ Leavenworth, Elias Warner (1873). A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States: With Historical Introduction, Etc Syracuse, N.Y. : S. G. Hitchcock & Company. p. 239 . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ a b c "Obituary 1 -- Mrs. S.G. Porter of Niagara Falls" . The New York Times . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ History of the Buell Family in England: From the Remotest Times Ascertainable from Our Ancient Histories, and in America, from Town, Parish, Church and Family Records. Illustrated with Portraits and Coat Armorial . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ a b Andrews, Henry Porter (1893). The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9 761 . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ "MARRIED" . The New York Times . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ Staff, New England Historic Genealogical Society (December 1, 1994). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 24 1870 ISBN 9780788400711 . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ "The Political Graveyard" . Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010 .
^ Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ Venn, John (September 15, 2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Cambridge University Press . ISBN 9781108036115 . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
^ Chetwynd-Stapylton, Henry Edward (1900). Second Series of Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years Between 1853 and 1892, with Notes and Index 502 . Retrieved 10 May 2017 .
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