Peter Buell Porter was an American lawyer, soldier and politician who served as United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829.
A paddle-steamer named the General Porter was launched in 1834.
Peter Buell Porter during the War of 1812, circa 1864
DeWitt Clinton was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the sixth governor of New York. In the last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison.
Print showing Clinton mingling the waters of Lake Erie and the Atlantic, in a ceremony in 1826
Clinton Memorial by Henry Kirke Brown, 1855, at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
$1,000 Legal Tender note, Series 1880, Fr.187k, depicting DeWitt Clinton