DeForest Porter

DeForest Porter
Associate Justice, Arizona Territorial Supreme Court
In office
April 12, 1872 – June 7, 1882
Nominated byUlysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Preceded byIsham Reavis
Succeeded byDaniel H. Pinney
3rd and 6th Mayor of Phoenix
In office
1883–1884
Preceded byFrancis A. Shaw
Succeeded byGeorge F. Coats
In office
1886–1888
Preceded byEmil Ganz
Succeeded byA. Leonard Meyer
Personal details
Born(1840-02-02)February 2, 1840
Orleans County, New York
DiedFebruary 17, 1889(1889-02-17) (aged 49)
Phoenix, Arizona Territory
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Julia Sophia Trowbridge (1849–1878)
Lois Gertrude Cotten (1880 – )
ProfessionAttorney

DeForest Porter (February 2, 1840[A] – February 17, 1889) was an American jurist and politician who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1872 till 1882 and as Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona Territory from 1886 till 1888.

  1. ^ Edmunds 1871, p. 108.
  2. ^ Goff 1975, p. 65.


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