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Pope, Patrick – Porter, Charles A

Pope, Patrick

H., congressman. He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1833 to 1835. He died in May, 1841, in Louisville, Ky.

Pope, William Cox

clergyman, author, was born April 21, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. He has been rector of the church of the Good Shepherd of St. Paul, Minn., from its organization in 1868 to the present time. He is the author of several religious works.

Pope, Winfield Scott

lawyer, legislator, was born July 20, 1847, in Davidson county, N. C. He is an eminent lawyer of Jefferson City, Mo.; has served two terms in the state legislature of Missouri.

Poppleton, Earley F

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 29, 1834, in Richland county, Ohio.

In 1861 he moved to Delaware, Ohio; was elected state senator in 1870 to fill a vacancy; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.

Porcher, Francis Peyre

physician, botanist, author, was born Dec. 14, 1825, in St. John's, Berkeley, S. C. He was a physician and botanist of Charleston; and the author of Sketch of the Medical Botany of South Carolina; and Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests. He died in 1895.

Porter, Alexander J

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1786 in Ireland. In 1810 he removed to St.

Martinsville, La.; and was active in framing the state constitution in 1811. He became a judge of the supreme court of the state in 1821, and served fifteen years.

He was United States senator from 1833 to 1837; and was re-elected in 1843, but ill-health prevented him from taking his seat. He died Jan. 13, 1844, in Attakapas, La.

Porter, Andrew

soldier, was born Sept. 24, 1743, in Worcester, Pa. In the war of 1812 he was appointed brigadiergeneral in the regular army and secretary of war, but declined both positions on the ground that a younger man might serve the country more efficiently. He died Nov. 16, 1813, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Porter, Andrew

soldier, was born July 10, 1819, in Lancaster, Pa. He served with distinction in the Mexican and civil wars; and attained the rank of brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1861. He died Jan. 4, 1872, in Paris, France.

Porter, Augustus Steele

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 18, 1798, in Canandaigua, N. Y. He practiced law for twenty years at Detroit, Mich., of which city he was chosen mayor in 1838.

He was a senator in congress from Michigan from 1840 to 1845. He died Sept. 18, 1872, in Niagara Falls, N. Y.

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Porter, Benjamin Curtis

artist, was born Aug. 27, 1843, in Melrose, Mass.

His works include Henry V. and the Princess Kate; The Mandolin-Player; pid with Butterflies; The Hour-Glass; Portrait of Lady, with Dog, in the Corcoran gallery, Washington; and Portrait of Boy with Dog.

Porter, Benjamin Fickling

lawyer, author, was born in 1808 in Charleston, S. C. He attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of Alabama; and took part in many of the leading cases tried in that state for the past fifty years. He has also contributed valuable articles to law journals, and also to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States. He is the author of Alabama Supreme Court Reports; and Offices of Executors and Administrators.

Porter, Charles A

senator, legislator, was born May 15, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1872-75 he was a representative to the Pennsylvania legislature; and in 1890 was elected to the senate.