James Madison Porter
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Madison Porter, a Pennsylvanian, was the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College. Porter was born near Norristown, Pennsylvania on January 6, 1793. As a child he was home schooled, but he later attended Norristown Academy. In 1809 he had begun to study law in an office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and later join his brother, Judge Robert Porter, to study in Reading, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to become a…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Madison Porter, a Pennsylvanian, was the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College. Porter was born near Norristown, Pennsylvania on January 6, 1793. As a child he was home schooled, but he later attended Norristown Academy. In 1809 he had begun to study law in an office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and later join his brother, Judge Robert Porter, to study in Reading, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to become a clerk in the prothonotary's office in 1812. He helped raise and manage a volunteer militia company to garrison at Fort Mifflin and advanced to the rank of colonel. In 1813 he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law. He was appointed attorney general for Northampton County, Pennsylvania and married his wife Eliza Michler in 1821