John Laporte

John Laporte

John Laporte

Photo credit:

Mattise, Nicholas. “Nobels in the Widerness: The Story of French Azilum.” Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Fall 2009, pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/nobles-wilderness-story-french-azilum.

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1828-1829 Representative Democrat
1829-1830 Representative Democrat
1830-1831 Representative Democrat
1831-1832 Representative Speaker Democrat
Counties Bradford, Tioga

Biography

11/04/1798 - 08/22/1862


Bradford County (1828-1829), Bradford and Tioga Counties (1829-1832)

LAPORTE, John, a Representative from Bradford and Tioga Counties; born, November 4, 1798 in Asylum, Bradford County, Pa.; engaged, real estate; elected, auditor, Bradford County (1827-1828); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829, 1829-1830, 1830-1831 and 1831-1832 terms; elected, Speaker (1831-1832); elected, United States Congress (1833-1837); elected, associate judge, Bradford County (1837-1845);  gubernatorial appointee, surveyor general of Pennsylvania (1845-1851); engaged, banking; died, August 22, 1862 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laporte Family Cemetery, Asylum, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 

Congressional Biography

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