Baxter, Portus

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Portus Baxter
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    8
    Family
    William Baxter (father), Lydia Ashley Baxter mother), Ellen Jannette Harris (wife)
    Other Education
    Norwich University (VT), University of Vermont (VT)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Businessman
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Whig
    Republican
    Other Affiliation
    Christian Commission
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State judge
    How to Cite This Page: "Baxter, Portus," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/42606.