Augustus Seymour Porter

Augustus S. Porter


United States Senator from Michigan
In office January 20, 1840 – March 4, 1845
Preceded by	Lucius Lyon
Succeeded by	Lewis Cass
Mayor of Detroit
In office 1838–1839
Preceded by	Henry Howard
Succeeded by	Asher B. Bates
Personal details
Born	(1798-01-18)January 18, 1798 Canandaigua, New York
Died	September 18, 1872(1872-09-18) (aged 74) Niagara Falls, New York
Political party	Whig
Alma mater	Union College
Profession	Lawyer

Augustus Seymour Porter (January 18, 1798 – September 18, 1872) was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan.

He was born in Canandaigua, New York, the nephew of Peter Buell Porter and attended Canandaigua Academy.^[1] He graduated from Union College, in Schenectady, New York, in 1818, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Detroit, Michigan. He was treasurer of the Michigan Pioneer Society in 1837.^[1] He became the recorder of Detroit in 1830 and was mayor of Detroit in 1838.^[1] He resigned as mayor to run for the Senate, and was succeeded as mayor by Asher B. Bates.^[1]

He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate, and served from January 20, 1840 until March 4, 1845. He did not run for reelection in 1844.^[1] He was chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals, 1841–1845, and was on the Committee on Enrolled Bills, 1841–1843.^[1]

He moved to his father’s residence in Niagara Falls, New York, in 1848 and died at there on September 18, 1872. He is interred in Oakwood Cemetery in Niagara Falls, New York.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 United States Congress. "Augustus Seymour Porter (id: P000437)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
↑ "The Political Graveyard". Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.

External links

Augustus Seymour Porter at Find a Grave

United States Senate
Preceded by Lucius Lyon	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Michigan 1840–1845 Served alongside: John Norvell, William Woodbridge	Succeeded by Lewis Cass

United States Senators from Michigan

Class 1	Lyon Porter Cass Fitzgerald Cass Chandler Christiancy Chandler Baldwin Conger Stockbridge Patton Burrows Townsend Ferris Vandenberg Moody Potter Hart Riegle Abraham Stabenow

Class 2	Norvell Woodbridge Felch Stuart Bingham Howard Ferry Palmer McMillan Alger Smith Newberry Couzens Brown Ferguson McNamara Griffin Levin Peters

Mayors of Detroit (since 1824)

Williams Hunt Kearsley Biddle Kearsley Williams Chapin Cook Chapin Trowbridge Mack Cook H. Howard Porter Bates Jones Pitcher Houghton Pitcher Williams Van Dyke F. Buhl C. Howard Ladue Chandler Harmon Hyde Ledyard Hyde Patton C. Buhl Duncan Barker Mills Wheaton Moffat Lewis Langdon W. G. Thompson Grummond Chamberlain Pridgeon Pingree Richert Maybury Codd W. B. Thompson Breitmeyer W. B. Thompson Marx J. Couzens Lodge Doremus Martin Lodge Smith Lodge Bowles Murphy F. Couzens Smith F. Couzens Reading Jeffries Van Antwerp Cobo Miriani Cavanagh Gribbs Young Archer Kilpatrick Cockrel Bing Duggan

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 29349868 LCCN: no2008104254 US Congress: P000437

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