Benjamin Faneuil Porter (1808–1868) was an American lawyer, reformer, and state legislator in
Alabama
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, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
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. A noted advocate of public education, women's rights, and the abolition of the death penalty, Porter helped establish a
state penitentiary and to limit the use of execution as a legal punishment. Originally a Whig, he later became a Republican.
[Paul M. Pruitt Jr.,]
Benjamin Faneuil Porter
" ''Encyclopedia of Alabama,'' October 2011.
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1808 births
1868 deaths
Politicians from Charleston, South Carolina
People from Monroe County, Alabama
Alabama lawyers
Alabama Whigs
19th-century American legislators
Republican Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
Lawyers from Charleston, South Carolina
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century Alabama politicians
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