Life span: 12/04/1806 to 03/04/1868TabsLife SummaryFull name: Portus BaxterPlace of Birth: Brownington, VTBurial Place: Strafford, VTBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 8Family: William Baxter (father), Lydia Ashley Baxter mother), Ellen Jannette Harris (wife)Other Education: Norwich University (VT), University of Vermont (VT)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: WhigRepublicanOther Affiliation: Christian CommissionGovernment: US House of RepresentativesState judge Events Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Images Portus Baxter, circa 1864, portrait size Portus Baxter, circa 1864 Portus Baxter, circa 1864, detail Bibliography
