OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Peter Buell Porter

BORN:
August 14, 1773,
Salisbury, Connecticut

DIED:
March 20, 1844 (age 70)
Niagara Falls, New York

EDUCATION:
Yale University (1791)
Litchfield Law School 

POLITICAL PARTIES:
Democratic-Republican
National Republican/ Anti-Jacksonian
Whig 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1793:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Canandaigua, New York
1797-1804:
Clerk of Ontario County, New York 
1801-1802:
Member of the New York State Assembly
1809:
Moved to Buffalo, New York 
1809-1813:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1812-1815:
Served in the New York State Militia during War of 1812,
Major General of New York Volunteers
1815-1816:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1815-1816:
Secretary of State of New York
1817:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of New York 
1828:
Member of the New York State Assembly 
1828-1829:
U.S. Secretary of War 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Litchfield Historical Society
Wikipedia

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