James Madison Porter

James Madison Porter James Madison Porter (January 6, 1793 – November 11, 1862) served as the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College.

Porter began his career studying law in 1809 and later became a clerk in the prothonotary's office in an effort to manage a volunteer militia company at Fort Mifflin. Porter was admitted to the bar in 1813 and later appointed to attorney general for Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He was a professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Lafayette College (1837-1852), a judge of the twelfth judicial district (1839), ad interim U.S. Secretary of War under President John Tyler (1843), and was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1849. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Speech of James Madison Porter, of Northampton in the Convention of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the right to annul charters of incorporation

    Speech of James Madison Porter, of Northampton in the Convention of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the right to annul charters of incorporation by Porter, James Madison

    Published 1837
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    Speech of Hon. James M. Porter, of Northampton County delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 6, 1850, on the proposed amendment of the constitution

    Speech of Hon. James M. Porter, of Northampton County delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 6, 1850, on the proposed amendment of the constitution by Porter, James Madison

    Published 1850
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