John Laporte

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John Laporte

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	Richard Coulter
Succeeded by	Samuel W. Morris
26th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1831–1832
Preceded by	Frederick Smith
Succeeded by	James Findley
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1828–1832
Personal details
Born	(1798-11-04)November 4, 1798 Asylum, Pennsylvania
Died	August 22, 1862(1862-08-22) (aged 63) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Jacksonian

John Laporte (November 4, 1798 – August 22, 1862) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also was the 26th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Biography

John Laporte was born in Asylum, Pennsylvania. He was Auditor of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, in 1827 and 1828. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1828 to 1832 and served as speaker in 1831 and 1832. Laporte was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836. He served as associate judge of Bradford County from 1837 to 1845. He was interested in the development of the North Branch Canal and served as surveyor general of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1851. He was engaged in banking at Towanda, Pennsylvania, from 1850 to 1862.

He died in Philadelphia in 1862, aged 63; he was interred in the family cemetery at Asylum, Pennsylvania, near Towanda. Laporte, Pennsylvania is named after him.

Sources

United States Congress. "John Laporte (id: L000094)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Richard Coulter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1833–1837	Succeeded by Samuel Wells Morris

Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1791)

Bingham Wynkoop Latimer Evans Weaver Snyder Porter Snyder Boileau Engle Weber Tod R. Smith St. Clair Holgate Hill Davidson Hill J. Lawrence Gilmore J. Lawrence Sutherland Ritner Middleswarth F. Smith Laporte Findley Anderson W. Patterson J. Thompson Middleswarth Dewart Hopkins Crabb Snowden H. Wright Snowden F. Patterson Cooper Packer McCalmont Cessna Rhey Schell Chase Strong R. Wright Getz Longaker W. Lawrence Davis Rowe Cessna Johnson Olmstead Kelley Glass Davis Clark Strang Webb Elliott McCormick S. Patterson Myer Long Hewitt Faunce Graham Boyer C. Thompson Walton Boyer Farr Marshall Walton McClain Cox Shreve Alter Ambler Baldwin Spangler Whitaker Goodnough Bluett McClure Hess Goodnough Talbot Sarig Furman Turner Kilroy Fiss Lichtenwalter Sorg C. Smith Andrews Helm Andrews Helm Hamilton Lee Fineman Lee Fineman Irvis Seltzer Ryan Irvis Manderino O'Donnell DeWeese Ryan Perzel O'Brien McCall S. Smith Turzai

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 19545888 LCCN: nr92037063 US Congress: L000094

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