| LC control no. | n 90636654 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862 |
| Variant(s) | Porter, J. M. (James Madison), 1793-1862 |
| See also | Founder: Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Easton (Northampton County, Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1793-01-06 |
| Death date | 1862-11-11 |
| Place of birth | Norristown (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Easton (Northampton County, Pa.) |
| Affiliation | Pennsylvania. Militia Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.) Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention (1837-1838) Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company Pennsylvania. General Assembly Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Belvidere Delaware Railroad Company |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | nuc89-33814: Porter, R. Report of the trial and acquittal ... 1827 (hdg. on LCP rept.: Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862; usage: James Madison Porter) LC data base, 4-25-90 (hdg.: Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862) Porter, James Madison. An address to the mechanics of Easton, Pennsylvania, delivered at their request, 1835: title page (James Madison Porter) page [3] (James M. Porter, esquire) page [4] (Address, by James M. Porter; orator of the day, J.M. Porter, esq.; J.M. Porter) Who was who in America, 1607-1896: (Porter, James Madison, secretary of war, railroad president; born near Norristown, Pa., Jan. 6, 1793; raised volunteer company, Philadelphia, 1813, commd. 2d lt.; continued military service in Pennsylvania Militia, reached rank of col.; admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1813; founder of Lafayette College (chartered 1826), Easton, Pennsylvania, pres., board of trustees, 1826-1852, professor of jurisprudence and political econ., 1837-1852; member Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1838; pres. judge 12th Judicial District, 1839-1840; U.S. Sec. of War ad interim, 1843-1844 (Senate refused to ratify his nomination); elected to Pennsylvania Legislature, 1849; pres.judge 22d Judicial District, 1853-1855; 1st pres. Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad (chartered 1847), name changed to L V. R. R. 1853, pres. 1853-1856; pres. Belvidere Delaware Railroad; died Easton, Nov. 11, 1862) |
| Associated language | eng |
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