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    David Rittenhouse Porter

    Birth: 10-31-1788

    Death: 8-6-1867

Biography

Served as the ninth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1845. 

Mentioned in 18381013BJS_WHS: "The report from Penn. today is rather Flemish for our side. A loco F. in NorthEast writes his friend here, detailing the majorities in 13 counties, giving Porter."

Letter References

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1838

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Served as the ninth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1845. Mentioned in 18381013BJS_WHS: "The report from Penn. today is rather Flemish for our side. A loco F. in NorthEast writes his friend here, detailing the majorities in 13 counties, giving Porter."
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