Pleasant Porter
Deceased Person
1840 – 1907
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Who was Pleasant Porter?
Pleasant Porter, was a respected American Indian statesman and the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation from 1899 until his death. He served with the Confederacy in the 1st Creek Mounted Volunteers, as Superintendent of Schools in the Creek Nation, as commander of the Creek Light Horsemen, and was many times the Creek delegate to the United States Congress. He was also President of the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention in 1905 during the attempt to acquire statehood for the Indian Territory.
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