Alexander Porter (politician)

Alexander Porter

Alexander Porter (born June 24, 1785 in County Donegal , Ireland , † January 13, 1844 in St. Martinville , Louisiana ) was an Irish- American politician who represented the state of Louisiana in the US Senate .

Life

The Irishman Alexander Porter emigrated in 1801 together with an uncle who then located in Nashville ( Tennessee settled) in the United States. After receiving limited schooling, he attended Clemenceau College before studying law , being admitted to the bar in 1807, and practicing in the Attakapas region, which was then still part of the Orleans Territory . In 1812 he took part as a delegate at the convention that created the first constitution of the new state of Louisiana. After the founding of the state, he sat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1816 to 1818 .

Between 1821 and 1833 Porter was a member of the Supreme Court of Louisiana as a judge before he was elected to the US Senate in Washington, DC to succeed Josiah S. Johnston, who died in a shipwreck . Porter, a member of the Whigs , took his seat on December 19, 1833 and held it until January 5, 1837, when he resigned on health grounds. As a result he worked again as a lawyer in Attakapas and also worked as a planter . He was re-elected to the US Senate, which he would therefore have belonged from March 4, 1843; however, he did not take up his mandate again because of health problems, which then fell to Henry Johnson . Porter died the following year in Attakapas and was buried in Franklin .

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SURNAME	Porter, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish-American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH	County Donegal , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 1844
Place of death	St. Martinville , Louisiana