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About David R. Porter
David Rittenhouse Porter was the ninth governor of Pennsylvania. Voted into office during the controversial 1838 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, which was characterized by intense anti-Masonic and anti-abolitionist rhetoric during and after the contest that sparked the post-election Buckshot War, he served as the state's chief executive officer from 1839 to 1845.
Everything about David R. Porter →- Occupation
- politician, governor
- Position held
- member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, Governor of Pennsylvania, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 31, 1788
- Died
- August 6, 1867