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Biographical Notes
David Porter
Date | Event |
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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 |
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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. |