Edwards-Lincoln-Porter family
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The Edwards-Lincoln-Porter family is a family of politicians from the United States
. Below is a list of members:
NOTE: Horace Porter's niece, Emma, was married to American Samoa
Governor John M. Poyer.
NOTE: Matilda R. Edwards, daughter of Cyrus Edwards, was wooed by Abraham Lincoln while she stayed at the home of her cousin Ninian Wirt Edwards, brother-in-law of Mary Todd, who was also staying there in the winter of 1840-41. She subsequently married Newton Demming Strong, attorney and brother of the Honorable William Strong, who was elected to congress in 1847 and a chief justice of the Supreme Court, sworn in in 1870, thereby connecting the Strong family of politicians to the Edwards-Lincoln-Porter family of politicians. Matilda Edwards Strong and her husband are buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Below is a list of members:
- Benjamin EdwardsBenjamin Edwards (Maryland)Benjamin Edwards was an American merchant and political leader from Montgomery County, Maryland. He represented the third district of Maryland for a very short time in the United States House of Representatives in 1795 after Uriah Forrest resigned.Benjamin's son, Ninian Edwards, would later serve...
(1753-1829), MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
1782-1784, Maryland State Court Judge 1793, U.S. Representative from Maryland 1795. Father of Ninian Edwards and Cyrus Edwards. - David Rittenhouse Porter (1788-1867), PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
State Representative 1819, Pennsylvania State Senator 1836, Governor of Pennsylvania 1839-1845. Granduncle by marriage of Abraham Lincoln. - George Bryan PorterGeorge Bryan PorterGeorge Bryan Porter , was a U.S. statesman in Pennsylvania and Michigan Territory.He was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, the brother of David Rittenhouse Porter, Pennsylvania Governor, 1839–1845, and James Madison Porter, Secretary of War, 1843–1844, and the uncle of Horace Porter, U.S....
(1791-1834), Pennsylvania State Representative 1827, Governor of Michigan TerritoryMichigan TerritoryThe Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan...
1831-1834. Brother of David Rittenhouse Porter and James Madison Porter. - James Madison PorterJames Madison PorterJames Madison Porter , a Pennsylvanian, was the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College....
(1793-1862), Pennsylvania State Court Judge 1839-1840 1850-1853, U.S. Secretary of War 1843-1844, member of the Pennsylvania Legislature 1849. Brother of David Rittenhouse Porter and George Bryan Porter.- Ninian EdwardsNinian EdwardsNinian Edwards was a founding political figure of the state of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to 1818, as one of the first two United States Senators from Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and as the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830...
(1775-1833), KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
State Representative 1796-1797, Kentucky State Court Judge 1803, Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court 1808, Governor of Illinois TerritoryIllinois TerritoryThe Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. The area was earlier known as "Illinois Country" while under...
1809-1813, U.S. Senator from IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
1818-1824, Governor of Illinois 1826-1830, candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1832. Son of Benjamin Edwards. - Cyrus Edwards (1793-1877), candidate for Governor of Illinois 1838, delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention 1847. Father of Matilda R. Edwards and Nelson G. Edwards. Brother of Ninian Edwards.
- Horace PorterHorace PorterHorace Porter, was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
(1837-1921), U.S. Ambassador to FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1897-1905. Son of David Rittenhouse Porter.- Ninian W. Edwards (1809-1889), Attorney General of Illinois 1834-1835, Illinois State Representative 1837-1841 1849-1853, Illinois State Senator 1845-1849, delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention 1847, Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction 1854-1857. Son of Ninian Edwards.
- Benjamin Edwards Grey, member of the Kentucky Legislature, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1851-1855. Grandson of Benjamin Edwards.
- Daniel Pope CookDaniel Pope CookDaniel Pope Cook was a politician from the U.S. state of Illinois.He was born in Scott County, Kentucky into a branch of the prominent Pope family of Kentucky. He moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1815 and began to practice law...
(1794-1827), Attorney General of Illinois 1819, U.S. Representative from Illinois 1819-1827. Son-in-law of Ninian Edwards. - Abraham LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
(1809-1865), Illinois State Representative 1834-1841, U.S. Representative from Illinois 1847-1849, candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States 1856, candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois 1858, President of the United States 1861-1865. Brother-in-law of Ninian W. Edwards. - N.H.R. Dawson, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1860, AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
State Representative 1880. Brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. - James HarlanJames Harlan (senator)James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855. In 1857 the Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in the legislative...
(1820-1899), IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
Superintendent of Public Instruction 1847, U.S. Senator from Iowa 1855-1857 1857-1865 1867-1873, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1865-1866, candidate for Republican nomination for President of the United States 1868. Father-in-law of Robert Todd Lincoln.- Robert Todd LincolnRobert Todd LincolnRobert Todd Lincoln was an American lawyer and Secretary of War, and the first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln...
(1843-1926), member of the Chicago, Illinois Board of Supervisors 1876-1877; U.S. Secretary of War 1881-1885; U.S. Minister to Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
1889-1893. Son of Abraham Lincoln.
- Robert Todd Lincoln
- Ninian Edwards
NOTE: Horace Porter's niece, Emma, was married to American Samoa
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
Governor John M. Poyer.
NOTE: Matilda R. Edwards, daughter of Cyrus Edwards, was wooed by Abraham Lincoln while she stayed at the home of her cousin Ninian Wirt Edwards, brother-in-law of Mary Todd, who was also staying there in the winter of 1840-41. She subsequently married Newton Demming Strong, attorney and brother of the Honorable William Strong, who was elected to congress in 1847 and a chief justice of the Supreme Court, sworn in in 1870, thereby connecting the Strong family of politicians to the Edwards-Lincoln-Porter family of politicians. Matilda Edwards Strong and her husband are buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA.