D. P. Porter

Daniel Price Porter (1835 - June 24, 1899) was a Mississippi lawyer and politician, and the 25th Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving temporarily in late 1878. He was a Democrat.[1]

D. P. Porter
Porter in 1876
25th Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office
September 25, 1878 – November 15, 1878
GovernorJohn M. Stone
Preceded byKinloch Falconer
Succeeded byHenry C. Myers
Personal details
Born1835 (1835)
Hinds County, MS
DiedJune 24, 1899(1899-06-24) (aged 64)
Jackson, Hinds County, MS
Political partyDemocrat
Children6

Biography

Daniel Price Porter[2][3] was born in 1835 near Raymond in Hinds County, Mississippi.[4] When he was 24 years old, he was admitted to the bar and started practicing law in Jackson.[4] In 1863, he was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, serving until after 1875.[4] After the death of incumbent Kinloch Falconer, Porter was appointed to temporarily be the Secretary of State of Mississippi on September 25, 1878.[5][6] He stopped being the Secretary of State after the appointment of Henry C. Myers on November 15, 1878.[6] He then served as the Deputy Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving part of two terms under secretaries Myers and Govan.[4] In 1893, president Grover Cleveland appointed him to be the postmaster at Jackson.[4] He was in this position from 1893 to 1897.[4] He died in his house in Jackson, Mississippi at 10:30 PM on June 24, 1899, aged 64.[4] Oliver Clifton and Ramsey Wharton were pallbearers at his funeral.[4]

Personal life

Porter was a Freemason and Odd Fellow.[4] Porter married Kate Hobson, the daughter of Richard Hobson.[4][3] They had six children: D. Price Jr, Joseph, McGee, Kate, George, and William, of whom the first four survived him.[4]

References
  1. Hinds, Asher Crosby (1907). Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States: Including References to Provisions of the Constitution, the Laws, and Decisions of the United States Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 513.
  2. "The Weekly Democrat from Natchez, Mississippi on July 15, 1885 · Page 4". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  3. Daughters of the American Revolution (1914). Lineage Book. The Society. p. 266.
  4. "Weekly Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on June 29, 1899 · Page 8". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  5. "Falconer". The Southern Argus. 1878-11-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 179.
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