Benjamin F. Porter

'''Benjamin Faneuil Porter''' (1808–1868) was an American lawyer, reformer, and state legislator in Alabama. 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.<ref name="EOA">Paul M. Pruitt Jr., "[http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-3150 Benjamin Faneuil Porter]," ''Encyclopedia of Alabama,'' October 2011.</ref>

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