1780, Feb. 1Born, Boston, Mass.1798Appointed midshipman, United States NavyDuty on Constellation
(frigate)1799Duty on Experiment (schooner),
West India Squadron1801Duty on Enterprize (schooner),
Tripolitan War1803Duty on Philadelphia (frigate),
Tripolitan War18031805Prisoner of war, Tripoli1808Married Evelina Anderson18081810Commandant, New Orleans Naval Station18111814Commanded Essex
(frigate)1812Promoted to captain1815Published
Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean.
Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep18151823Commissioner, Navy Board18231825Commander in chief, West India Squadron1825Published
An Exposition of the Facts and Circumstances Which
Justified the Expedition to Foxardo. Washington: Printed by Davis &
Force1826Resigned from United States Navy18261829Commander in chief, Mexican Navy 1830Appointed United States consul general, Algiers1831Appointed United States chargé d’affaires, Turkey1835Published
Constantinople and Its Environs. New York: Harper.
2 vols. 1839Appointed United States Minister, Turkey1843, Mar. 3Died, Pera, Constantinople
David Dixon Porter
1813, June 8Born, Chester, Pa.1827Appointed midshipman, Mexican Navy 1829Appointed midshipman, United States NavyDuty on Constellation
(frigate), Mediterranean Station 1839Married George Ann Patterson1842Duty on Congress
(frigate)1847Duty on Spitfire (side-wheel
gunboat)1849Commanded Panama (steamer)
18501853Commanded Georgia (steamer)
1855Commanded Supply (ship)
1857Duty at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va.1861Commanded Powhatan (side-wheel
steamer)1863Commander, Mississippi Squadron Promoted to rear admiral1864Commander, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron18651869Superintendent, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md.1866Promoted to vice admiral18661867Diplomatic mission to Santo Domingo1870Promoted to admiral1875Published
Memoir of Commodore David Porter. Albany, N.Y.: J.
Munsell 18771891Chairman, Naval Board of Inspection1885Published
The Adventures of Harry Marline. New York: D.
Appleton Published
Allan Dare and Robert le Diable. New York: D.
Appleton. 2 vols. Published
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War. New
York: D. Appleton1886Published
The Naval History of the Civil War. New York:
Sherman Publishing Co. 1889Published
Arthur Merton. New York: D. Appleton 1891, Feb. 13Died, Washington, D.C.From the guide to the Porter Family Papers, 1811-1881, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)