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James Davis Porter (December 7, 1828 – May 18, 1912) was an American politician, educator, and soldier. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879, and was subsequently appointed Assistant Secretary of State during President Grover Cleveland's first administration, and Minister to Chile in Cleveland's second administration. As a state legislator on the eve of the Civil War, Porter introduced the "Porter resolutions," which bound Tennessee to the Confederacy should war be declared.

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rdfs:comment	James Davis Porter (December 7, 1828 – May 18, 1912) was an American politician, educator, and soldier. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879, and was subsequently appointed Assistant Secretary of State during President Grover Cleveland's first administration, and Minister to Chile in Cleveland's second administration. As a state legislator on the eve of the Civil War, Porter introduced the "Porter resolutions," which bound Tennessee to the Confederacy should war be declared.
foaf:name	James Davis Porter Porter, James D.
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dc:description	American diplomat
battle	Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Nashville Battle of Belmont Battle of Shiloh Atlanta Campaign dbpedia:American_Civil_War Battle of Missionary Ridge
birth date	1828-12-07(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Paris, TN
birth year	1828-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
country	Confederate States of America
death date	1912-05-18(xsd:dateTime)
death year	1912-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military rank	dbpedia:Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)
office	Governor of Tennessee United States Assistant Secretary of State United States Minister to Chile
order in office	20th
party	Democratic Party dbpedia:Whig_Party_(United_States)
predecessor	Egan, Patrick Brown, John C. Davis, John
president	dbpedia:Grover_Cleveland
service end year	1861-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1861-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
signature	James-porter-signature.png
successor	Albert Smith Marks Rives, George L. Strobel, Edward Henry
term period	dbpedia:James_D._Porter__1 dbpedia:James_D._Porter__2 dbpedia:James_D._Porter__3
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porter-james-by-wb-cooper.jpg?width=300
is predecessor of	Albert Smith Marks
is successor of	Brown, John C.

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