Edwards-Lincoln-Porter family

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The Edwards-Lincoln-Porter family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:

  • Benjamin Edwards (1753-1829), Maryland 1782-1784, Maryland State Court Judge 1793, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1795. Father of Ninian Edwards and Cyrus Edwards.
  • David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867), Pennsylvania State Representative 1819, Pennsylvania State Senator 1836, Governor of Pennsylvania 1839-1845. Granduncle by marriage of Abraham Lincoln.
  • George Bryan Porter (1791-1834), Pennsylvania State Representative 1827, Governor of Michigan Territory 1831-1834. Brother of David Rittenhouse Porter and James Madison Porter.
  • James Madison Porter (1793-1862), Pennsylvania State Court Judge 1839-1840 1850-1853, U.S. Secretary of War 1843-1844, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature 1849. Brother of David Rittenhouse Porter and George Bryan Porter.
    • Ninian Edwards (1775-1833), Kentucky State Representative 1796-1797, Kentucky State Court Judge 1803, Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court 1808, Governor of Illinois Territory 1809-1813, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1818-1824, Governor of Illinois 1826-1830, candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1832. Son of Benjamin Edwards.
    • Cyrus Edwards, candidate for Governor of Illinois 1838, delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention 1847. Son of Benjamin Edwards.
    • Horace Porter (1837-1921), U.S. Ambassador to France 1897-1905. Son of David Rittenhouse Porter.
      • Ninian W. Edwards (1809-1889), Attorney General of Illinois 1834-1835, Illinois State Representative 1837-1841 1849-1853, Illinois State Senator 1845-1849, delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention 1847, Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction 1854-1857. Son of Ninian Edwards.
      • Benjamin Edwards Grey, member of the Kentucky Legislature, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1851-1855. Grandson of Benjamin Edwards.
      • Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827), Attorney General of Illinois 1819, U.S. Representative from Illinois 1819-1827. Son-in-law of Ninian Edwards.
      • Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Illinois State Representative 1834-1841, U.S. Representative from Illinois 1847-1849, candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States 1856, candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois 1858, President of the United States 1861-1865. Brother-in-law of Ninian W. Edwards.
      • N.H.R. Dawson, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1860, Alabama State Representative 1880. Brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln.
      • James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa Superintendent of Public Instruction 1847, U.S. Senator from Iowa 1855-1857 1857-1865 1867-1873, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1865-1866, candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States 1868. Father-in-law of Robert Todd Lincoln.


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