Porter, Alexander, 1785-1844
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Porter, Alexander, 1785-1844
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Porter, Alexander
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Porter, Alexander, 1786-1844.
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Porter, A. 1785-1844 ( Alexander),
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Alexander Porter (1785-1844) was a resident of Louisiana with a 30-year political career. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, he emigrated to the United States in 1801, and in 1807 settled in Attakapas, Louisiana, to practice law. He was made delegate to the Louisiana State Convention (1812), elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives (1816-1818), appointed to the Louisiana Supreme Court (1821-1833), and elected to the United States Senate (1833-1837). He resigned from the Senate due to ill health. In 1837, Porter finished building Oaklawn Manor, a sugar plantation in Franklin, Louisiana.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr92042736
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/nr92042736
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q166016
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Cholera
Free African Americans
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Oaklawn Manor (La.)
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Louisiana
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Louisiana--Saint Mary Parish
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Louisiana
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