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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    James Madison Porter autographs 1838
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    Author: Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862
    Published 1834
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    Inaugural charge
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    Author: Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862
    Published 1832
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    An address delivered before the literary societies of La Fayette College, at Easton, Pa., July 4, 1832
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    Author: Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862
    Published 1849
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    Eulogium upon James Knox Polk, late president of the U.S
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    Author: Porter, James Madison, 1793-1862
    Published 1837
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    Speech of James Madison Porter in the Convention of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the right to annul charters of incorporation
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    Report of the committee on the ninth article of the constitution, relative to lateral rail roads : Mr. J.M. Porter, chairman : read in convention, February 12, 1838
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    Published 1827
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    Report of the trial and acquittal of the Honorable ... Robert Porter : president judge of the third judicial district of Pennsylvania, before the Senate .

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