1. DeForest Porter was an American jurist and politician who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1872 till 1882 and as Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona Territory from 1886 till 1888.
13 Facts About DeForest Porter
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In 1865, shortly after the American Civil War ended, DeForest Porter married Julia Sophia Trowbridge.
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In December 1870 DeForest Porter won a special election for a seat in the Nebraska House of Representatives.
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President Ulysses S Grant nominated Porter to become an Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on February 20,1872.
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On February 28,1876, DeForest Porter was recommissioned for a second term.
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DeForest Porter married Lois Gertrude Cotten of Phoenix in 1880.
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DeForest Porter was commissioned for a third term on November 2,1880.
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DeForest Porter did not complete his third term as on June 7,1882, Porter submitted his resignation.
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DeForest Porter turned down an opportunity to run for Territorial Delegate to Congress in 1878 due to the declining health of his first wife.
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In 1882, DeForest Porter was the Republican nominee for Territorial Delegate.
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DeForest Porter however lost the general election to Granville Henderson Oury 6,121 to 5,141.
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DeForest Porter died on February 17,1889, while recovering from a severe bout of erysipelas.
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DeForest Porter was later re-interred as Phoenix's Greenwood Memorial Park.