The Porters
- Peter Buell Porter (1773–1844), U.S. Representative from New York 1809-1813 1815-1816, New York Secretary of State 1815-1816, candidate for Governor of New York 1817, U.S. Secretary of War 1828-1829. Uncle of Augustus Seymour Porter and grandfather of Peter A. Porter.
- Augustus Seymour Porter (1798–1872), Mayor of Detroit, Michigan 1838-1839; U.S. Senator from Michigan 1840-1845. Nephew of Peter Buell Porter.
- Peter A. Porter (1853–1925), New York Assemblyman 1896-1897, U.S. Representative from New York 1907-1909. Grandson of Peter Buell Porter.
- Augustus Seymour Porter (1798–1872), Mayor of Detroit, Michigan 1838-1839; U.S. Senator from Michigan 1840-1845. Nephew of Peter Buell Porter.
NOTE: Peter Buell Porter was also son-in-law of U.S. Attorney General John Breckinrdige and brother-in-law of Kentucky State Representatives Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge. Porter's wife, Letitia, was also widow of Kentucky State Representative Alfred William Grayson.
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