{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Porter Hazelton | image = | caption = | order = | office = Supervisor | term_start = 1852 | term_end = 1854 | predecessor = William Patterson | successor = William Patterson | constituency2 = Flint Township, Michigan<ref name="Elis1">{{cite book| last =Ellis | first =Franklin | title =History of Genesee county, Michigan. With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.| publisher =Everts & Abbott | year =1879 | location =Philadelphia, PA. | pages =184 | url =http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=micounty;cc=micounty;idno=bad0919.0001.001;q1=Burton;q2=Genesee;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=230 }}</ref> | birth_date = November 15, 1812 | birth_place = New York | death_date = {{death date and age|1870|8|15|1812|11|15}} | death_place = Flint, Michigan | party = | spouse = | relations = George and Edgar, Brothers | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Porter Hazelton''' (November 15, 1812 – August 15, 1870) was a Michigan politician.
==Early life== With his two brothers, George and Edgar, and Ezekial Ewing constructed a bridge across the Flint River for the State of Michigan. With no money to pay them, they received most of the now Hazelton Township in Shiwassee County to the partners which they proceeded to sell to settlers and the Township and an unincorporated village was named after them.<ref name=scm>{{cite web|title=History of Shiawassee County and its Townships: Hazelton Township.|url=http://www.migenweb.org/shiawassee/history.html|work=The Genealogy & History of Shiawassee COUNTY, Michigan|publisher=Shiwawassee County MIGenWeb|accessdate=8 November 2011}}</ref>
==Political life== Hazelton served as Flint Township, Michigan Supervisor in 1852 to 1854.<ref name="Elis1"/> A source indicates that he was elected as the fifth mayor of the Village of Flint in 1859 serving a one-year term.<ref name="pgy1">[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#0LI00KSWY Political Graveyards.com Index to Politicians: Hayworth to Heacock -- Hazelton, Porter entry]</ref> while two other shows William M. Fenton serving another term.
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