. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Peter B. Porter Peter B. Porter; born in Salisbury, Conn., August 14, 1773;lawyer; member of state assembly, 1802; removed from Can-andaigua, Ontario county, to Buffalo in fall of 1802; memberof congress, 1809-13; served in the war of 1812; again electedto congress and served from March 4, 1815 to January 23,1816 when he resigned to become secretary of state of NewYork; appointed by President John Quincy Adams as secretaryof war and served from June 21, 1828 to March 9, 1829; diedat Niagara Falls, N. Y., March 10, Stephen
. History of the state of New York, political and governmental;. Peter B. Porter Peter B. Porter; born in Salisbury, Conn., August 14, 1773;lawyer; member of state assembly, 1802; removed from Can-andaigua, Ontario county, to Buffalo in fall of 1802; memberof congress, 1809-13; served in the war of 1812; again electedto congress and served from March 4, 1815 to January 23,1816 when he resigned to become secretary of state of NewYork; appointed by President John Quincy Adams as secretaryof war and served from June 21, 1828 to March 9, 1829; diedat Niagara Falls, N. Y., March 10, Stephen Van Rensselaer Stephen Van Rensselaer; born in New York City, November1 1765- member of assembly, 1789-91 and 1808-10; statesenate 1791-96; lieutenant governor, 1795; major general olvolunteers in the war of 1812; member of canal and served 14 years as its president; reelected toassembly, 1818; member state constitutional convention 1821member of congress, 1822-29; died in Albany, N. \ .. Januarj26, 1839. 1820] THE PASSING OF TOMPKINS 433 himself and the former Governor concerning the inter-pretation of the act, and set forth in full the groundsupon which his own opinion was based. This reportwas referred to a special committee of the Assembly,of which Jedediah Miller, of Schoharie, was the chair-man, and of which, of course, a majority were Clinton-ians. The committee spent much time in considerationof the case, not merely discussing Mr. Mclntyresreport but also making further investigations into thematter and securing the opinions of various jurists con-cer
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