William Dennison Porter (November 24, 1810 – January 4, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of South Carolina .
8-763: William Porter may refer to: Law and politics [ edit ] William Dennison Porter (1810–1883), South Carolina lieutenant governor William Porter (Attorney General) (1805–1880), attorney-general of the Cape Colony William Field Porter (1784–1869), New Zealand politician William G. Porter , American police officer William J. Porter (1914–1988), American diplomat; former ambassador to Canada and Saudi Arabia, among others William Archer Porter (1825–1890), British lawyer and educationist William Haldane Porter (1867–1944), British civil servant William Porter (died c. 1593) , member (MP) of
16-556: The General Assembly . Porter served one term of 2.5 years until a new constitution was ratified. Porter was nominated for governor by the Democratic Party , but he declined. Porter was opposed to the constitution of 1868 , which provided for popular elections, claiming that it provided for "Negro supremacy." After leaving office, Porter served as attorney for the city of Charleston, South Carolina . In November 1868, he argued
24-622: The Creator and recognized by His law; that feeds and clothes the world; that gives to the barbarian a knowledge of God." In the same letter, he argued that Southern states maintained the right to secede because the United States sought to abolish slavery. After the Civil War in 1865 , Porter because the first popularly-elected lieutenant governor in South Carolina; his predecessors were chosen by
32-583: The Parliament of England for Grantham, Bletchingley, and Helston William Porter (fl. 1388) , Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark William Porter (died 1436) , MP for Cambridgeshire William W. Porter (1856–1928), American attorney and legal author William Wood Porter (1826–1907), American military officer and jurist Medicine [ edit ] William Townsend Porter (1862–1949), American physician, physiologist, and medical educator William Henry Porter (surgeon) (1790–1861), president of
40-1370: The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Military officers [ edit ] William D. Porter (1808–1864), flag officer of the United States Navy USS William D. Porter (DD-579) , ship named after him William N. Porter (died 1973) U.S. Army Major General and chief of the Army Chemical Warfare Service during World War Two. William Wood Porter (1826–1907), American military officer and jurist Music [ edit ] William Porter (organist) (born 1946), American organist and improviser Willy Porter (born 1964), American singer-songwriter Religion [ edit ] William Porter (archbishop) (1887–1966), English Roman Catholic archbishop in present-day Ghana William Henry Porter (writer) (1817–1861), American minister and writer Others [ edit ] William H. Porter (1861–1926), prominent banker in New York City William Porter (athlete) (1926–2000), American track and field athlete William Sydney Porter (1862–1910), American writer who used
48-577: The pen name O. Henry William Sydney Porter Elementary School, school in Greensboro, North Carolina William T. Porter (1809–1858), American writer and founder of Spirit of the Times William A. Porter (1928–2015), founder of E*TRADE See also [ edit ] Bill Porter (disambiguation) Billy Porter (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
56-516: The title William Porter . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Porter&oldid=1220071277 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Dennison Porter Porter
64-711: Was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives where he served from 1840 to 1848, and later the South Carolina Senate from 1848 to 1865 until the body was deposed by the Union Army during the American Civil War . Prior to the Civil War, Porter argued that states had the right to secede from the Union. Porter was an advocate of slavery, citing in an 1860 letter, "[slavery is] an institution ordained by
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