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Porter, Samuel – Porter, William Trotter
Porter, Samuel
journalist, educator, author, was born Jan. 12, 1810, in Farmington, Conn. He has made a special study of phonetics, was editor of the American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb from 1854 till 1860; and has published The Vowel Elements in Speech, a Phonological and Philological Essay.
Porter, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in May, 1734, in Farmington, Conn. For ten years he was judge of the supreme and county courts of Vermont. He died in August, 1833, in Granville, N. Y.
Porter, Thomas Conrad
clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 22, 1822, in Alexandria, Pa. He is a German reformed clergyman famous as a botanist, and professor of botany at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., from 1866. He is the author of Sketch of the Flora of Pennsylvania; Sketch of the Botany of the United States; Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado (with J. M. Coulter); The Carices of Pennsylvania; and The Grasses of Pennsylvania.
Porter, Thomas P
lawyer, born July 7, 1821, in Richmond, Ky. In 1859 he was unanimously elected permanent speaker of the senate.
Porter, Timothy H
state senator, congressman, was born in New Haven, Conn. He served five years in the assembly of New York; and also served five years in the state senate. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1825 to 1827.
Porter, Warren Hart
lawyer, was born Nov. 4, 1837, in Cattaraugus, N.
Y. He received his education in the public and private schools, and at the university of Wisconsin. He is a prominent lawyer of Jefferson, Wis.; has for many years been city attorney; and has held numerous other public positions of trust.
Porter, Wilbur F
lawyer, public official, was born June 22, 1831, in Schuyler, N. Y. He is a successful lawyer of Watertown, N. Y.; has been mayor of his city for five terms; and is now a member of the court of claims of the state of New York.
Porter, William Augustus
lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 24, 1821, in Huntingdon county, Pa. He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1842; was sheriff of that city in 1843; and was city solicitor in 1856. He was judge of the superior court in 1858. He was the author of Essay on Law, and Sheriffs; Life of Chief Justice John Gibson; and Addresses. He died June 28, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Porter, William David
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 3, 1848, in Freeman's Landing, W. Va. In 1870 he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law until he was elevated to the bench in 1891. He has served faithfully as a judge of the court of common pleas of the fifth judicial district of Pennsylvania.
Porter, William F
farmer, legislator, was born June 1, 1861, in Champaign, Ill. In 1879 he moved to Nebraska; and served with distinction as a member in the twenty-second and twentythird sessions of the Nebraska state legislature. He is a successful farmer of Clarks, Neb.; and is now serving as secretary of the state of Nebraska.
Porter, William H
farmer, legislator, was born May 8, 1856, in Hatfield, Mass. He is a successful farmer of Agawam, Mass.; prominent in the public affairs of his state; and secretary of the Hampden Agricultural society. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts state legislature.
Porter, William Trotter
journalist, was born Dec. 24, 1809, in Newbury, Vt. In 1829 he became connected with the Farmer's Herald at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and the following year he became associate editor of The Enquirer at Norwich. His cherished project was put into effect in 1831, when he issued the initial number of the Spirit of the Times, the first sporting journal in the United States. He died July 20, 1858, in New York city.