| LC control no. | n 88631973 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Porter, James D. (James Davis), 1828-1912 |
| Variant(s) | Porter, J. D. (James Davis), 1828-1912 Porter, James Davis, 1828-1912 Porter, Jas D. (James Davis), 1828-1912 |
| See also | Tennessee. Governor (1875-1879 : Porter) George Peabody College for Teachers Chief executive of: Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Officer of: University of Nashville |
| Other standard no. | 1200882679 0000000028759861 36031491 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1828-12-07 |
| Death date | 1912-05-18 |
| Place of birth | Paris (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Paris (Tenn.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Department of State Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives Confederate States of America. Army Whig party (U.S.) Democratic party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Ambassadors Politicians Lawyers College administrators College presidents |
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| Found in | nuc88-51272: His Tennessee, 197-? (hdg. on TU rept.: Porter, James Davis, 1828-1912; usage: James D. Porter) Who was who, 1981: v. 1, p. 984 (hdg.: Porter, James Davis; b. 7 Dec. 1828, d. 18 May 1912; gov. of Tennessee 1874-1878; pres. of Nashville & Chattanooga RR 1879-1883; asst. U.S. sec. of state 1885-1889; chancellor of U of Nashville 1901-1912) University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. J.G.M. Ramsey family papers, 1790-1869 (Jas D. Porter; [wrote from] Nashville, Tenn. to J.G.M. Ramsey in Knoxville, Tenn. [in] 1876; ex-Gov. J. D. Porter) Tenn. blue bk., 2007-2008 p. 496 (James Davis Porter, 1875-1879) Wikipedia August 9, 2023: (James Davis Porter (December 7, 1828 - May 18, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and officer of the Confederate Army. He served as the 20th Governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879. He was subsequently appointed as Assistant Secretary of State during President Grover Cleveland's first administration, and Minister to Chile in Cleveland's second administration. As an elected state legislator on the eve of the Civil War, Porter had introduced the "Porter resolutions," which bound Tennessee to the Confederacy should war be declared. He served during much of the war as chief of staff to Confederate General Benjamin F. Cheatham, and saw action at various battles in Tennessee and Georgia. Porter spent his later years as chancellor of his alma mater, the University of Nashville, and as president of Peabody College. This was established at the University of Nashville during his gubernatorial administration. He oversaw the liquidation and transfer of the University of Nashville's assets to the Peabody Education Fund, which allowed Peabody College to be re-established near Vanderbilt University in 1909. He succeeded Edmund William Cole as the president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1880 to 1884. United States Minister to Chile, in office: 1859-1861 ; Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, in office: 1859-1861. Born: December 7, 1828, Paris, Tennessee ; Died: May 18, 1912, Paris, Tennessee ; Political party: Whig, Democratic ; Military service - Allegiance: Confederate States of America, Confederate States Army, 1861-1865.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Porter> |
| Associated language | eng |
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