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    Horace C. Porter (April 15, 1837 – May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer...
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    as the state's chief executive officer from 1839 to 1845. His son, Horace Porter, who was the aide-de-camp of Union General Ulysses S. Grant during the...
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    James Madison Porter, Secretary of War 1843–1844, and the uncle of Horace Porter, U.S. Ambassador to France 1897–1905. "George Bryan Porter". 2010 by the...
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    from European powers. A modified version, known as the Porter Convention after Horace Porter, was adopted at The Hague in 1907 and added that arbitration...
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  • Connecticut, 1889–1890 William Seward Webb, of New York, 1890–1892 Horace Porter, of New York, 1892–1897 Edward Shepard Barrett, of Massachusetts, 1897–1898...
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    Pennsylvania. Porter Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, formed in 1814 is named for Porter. His grandson through his son David, Horace Porter (1837–1921)...
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  • Horace Alfred Porter (July 20, 1879 – February 13, 1953) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as member of...
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    late 1891. Grant's friend Horace Porter took over the organization in early 1892 and served in that position for 27 years. Porter soon moved the organization's...
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    Abel Corbin, to influence the president and his Secretary General, Horace Porter. These speculations culminated in the financial panic of Black Friday...
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    Parkhurst, clergyman and social reformer who broke Boss Tweed's ring Horace Porter, Union Army officer, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses...
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    first man to hold the office of Secretary to the President was John Addison Porter whose failing health meant he was soon succeeded by George B. Cortelyou...
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  • general Fitz John Porter (1822–1901), Union Army major general Horace Porter (1837–1921), Union Army brevet brigadier general Moses Porter (1756–1822), U...
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    Jones' remains were identified by U.S. Ambassador to France General Horace Porter, who had searched for six years to track down the body using a poor...
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    docks in private warehouses for exorbitant fees. Grant's secretaries Horace Porter and Orville E. Babcock and Grant's friend George K. Leet, owner of a...
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    Ely S. Parker, by Arthur Parker. (reprinted 2005, ISBN 1-889246-50-6) Joy Porter, To Be Indian: The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker, University...
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    dispatched Babcock and Horace Porter, another member of his staff, to report on the progress of Southern Reconstruction. Babcock and Porter were optimistic about...
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    Termination Notes James B. Eustis April 8, 1893 May 6, 1893 May 24, 1897 Horace Porter March 19, 1897 May 26, 1897 May 2, 1905 Robert S. McCormick March 8...
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  • anniversary celebration of the New England Society. At that event General Horace Porter referred to the color line as being the result of being in battle alongside...
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    show host Michael Norell screenwriter, actor, and executive producer Horace Porter, Civil War general and US diplomat Chris Raschka, children's books artist...
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    bush seemed hung with shreds of blood-stained clothing.... Lt. Col. Horace Porter, Grant's staff With over 28,000 casualties, the Battle of the Wilderness...
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    Lady Helen Herron Taft, Navy Secretary George von Lengerke Meyer, and Horace Porter, who was responsible for locating Jones' grave. Charles H. Niehaus was...
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    what they would be up against in the morning. Grant's aide, Lt. Col. Horace Porter, wrote in his memoirs that he saw many men writing their names on papers...
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  • (1948–2007), American professional basketball player Howard Porter, American comic book artist Horace Porter (1837–1921), Union general in the American Civil War...
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    He presented his credentials in Paris on May 2, 1905, and replaced Horace Porter. McCormick served for almost two years, retiring from the diplomatic...
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    to bribe Grant's personal secretary Horace Porter by giving him a $500,000 gold account in his name, but Porter, a former military aide to Grant, stated...
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    whole life in Huntingdon) Isabel Stewart North (1860-1929), composer Horace Porter (1837–1921), Civil War general and US diplomat John Purdue (born October...
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    Revolutionary War officer Andrew Porter and a second cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln. His younger first cousin, Horace Porter (1837–1921), also served as a Union...
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    Scouts Anthony McAuliffe, Class of 1918 John P. McConnell, Class of 1932 Horace L. McBride, Class of 1916, Commander of the 80th Infantry Division Lesley...
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    Grand Review of the Union Armies on May 23–24, 1865. Union General Horace Porter called foraging during the Sherman's raid a "novel feature of Sherman's...
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    too late. The place was well named the "Bloody Angle." Grant's aide Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant "It was a bright May day. There was no fighting...
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