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Biographical Notes
David Porter
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1780, Feb. 1 | Born, Boston, Mass. |
| 1798 | Appointed midshipman, United States Navy Duty, Constellation (frigate) |
| 1799 | Duty, Experiment (schooner) |
| 1801 | Duty, Enterprize (schooner) |
| 1803 | Duty, Philadelphia (ship) |
| 1803-1805 | Prisoner of war, Tripoli |
| 1808 | Married Evelina Anderson |
| 1808-1810 | Commandant, naval station, New Orleans, La. |
| 1811-1814 | Commanded Essex (frigate) |
| 1812 | Promoted to captain |
| 1815 | Published Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean (Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep. 2 vols. in 1) |
| 1815-1823 | Commissioner, United States Navy Board |
| 1823-1825 | Commander-in-chief, West Indian squadron |
| 1825 | Published An Exposition of the Facts and Circumstances Which Justified the Expedition to Foxardo (Washington: Davis and Force. 107 pp.) |
| 1826 | Resigned, United States Navy |
| 1826-1829 | Commander-in-chief, Mexican navy |
| 1830 | Appointed consul general, Algiers, Algeria |
| 1831 | Appointed chargé d'affaires, Turkey |
| 1835 | Published Constantinople and Its Environs (New York: Harper and Brothers. 2 vols.) |
| 1839 | Appointed United States minister, Turkey |
| 1843, Mar. 3 | Died, Pera, Turkey |
David D. Porter
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1813, June 8 | Born, Chester, Pa. |
| 1827 | Appointed midshipman, Mexican navy |
| 1829 | Appointed midshipman, United States Navy |
| 1839 | Married George Ann Patterson |
| 1842 | Duty, Congress (frigate) |
| 1847 | Duty, Spitfire (side-wheel steamer) |
| 1849 | Commanded Panama (mail steamer) |
| 1850-1853 | Commanded Georgia (mail steamer) |
| 1855 | Commanded Supply (storeship) |
| 1857-1860 | Duty, navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H. |
| 1861 | Commanded Powhatan (side-wheel steamer) |
| 1863 | Commanded Mississippi squadron Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1864 | Commanded North Atlantic blockading squadron |
| 1865-1869 | Superintendent, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1866 | Promoted to vice admiral |
| 1866-1867 | Diplomatic mission, Santo Domingo |
| 1870 | Promoted to admiral |
| 1875 | Published Memoir of Commodore David Porter (Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell. 427 pp.) |
| 1877-1891 | Chairman, United States Navy Board of Inspection and Survey |
| 1885 | Published The Adventures of Harry Marline (New York: D. Appleton. 378 pp.) Published Allan Dare and Robert le Diable (New York: D. Appleton. 357 pp.) Published Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (New York: D. Appleton. 357 pp.) |
| 1886 | Published The Naval History of the Civil War (New York: Sherman Publishing Co. 843 pp.) |
| 1889 | Published Arthur Merton (New York: D. Appleton. 328 pp.) |
| 1891, Feb. 13 | Died, Washington, D.C. |