Peter B. Porter, Jr.

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Peter B. Porter, Jr. was an American politician.

[edit] Life

He was a Whig member from Niagara County of the New York State Assembly from 1838 to 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.

[edit] Sources

  • John Stilwell Jenkins: History of Political Parties in the State of New-York (Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846)
  • [1] Committee for celebration of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, in NYT on July 13, 1852
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George Washington Patterson		 Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1841		 Succeeded by
Levi S. Chatfield
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