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Porter, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1853-1925

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Personal name headingPorter, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1853-1925
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Variant(s)Porter, P. A. (Peter Augustus), 1853-1925
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1853-10-10
Death date1925-12-15
Place of birthNiagara Falls (N.Y.)
Place of deathBuffalo (N.Y.)
AffiliationYale College (1718-1887) United States. Congress. House Cataract House (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationMayors Legislators
Found inHis Guide Niagara, c1901: t.p. (Peter A. Porter)
NUC pre-1956 imprints (hdg.: Porter, Peter Augustus, 1853-1925; usage: Peter A. Porter, P. A. Porter)
Buffalo Evening News, 1925-12-15 edition page 3 article: Peter A. Porter, distinguished citizen of frontier, is dead (Peter A. Porter born October 10, 1853 in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; graduated Yale University in 1874; elected to Congress as an Independent Republican in 1906; president (prior to mayors) of the village of Niagara Falls in 1878; died Tuesday morning (December 15, 1925) in Buffalo, N.Y.)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, June 1, 2018 (Peter A. Porter; a Representative from New York)
Associated languageeng