# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-r-porter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:02:28.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-r-porter"
name: "David R. Porter"
slug: "david-r-porter"
description: "David Rittenhouse Porter was the ninth governor of Pennsylvania. Voted into office during the controversial 1838 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, which was characterized by intense anti-Masonic and anti-abolitionist rhetoric during and after the contest that sparked the post-election Buckshot War, he served as the state's chief executive officer from 1839 to 1845."
tagline: "Ninth Governor of Pennsylvania (1788-1867)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Rittenhouse_Porter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1788-10-31"
deathDate: "1867-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.475846666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse_Porter"
    title: "David Rittenhouse Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1._%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ديفيد ر. بورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D8%B1._%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "داوید آر. پورتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Porter"
    title: "David R. Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R._Porter"
    title: "David R. Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse_Porter"
    title: "David Rittenhouse Porter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q768487"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump