[1] Daniel Price Porter[2][3] was born in 1835 near Raymond in Hinds County, Mississippi.

[4] In 1863, he was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Mississippi State Senate, serving until after 1875.

[4] After the death of incumbent Kinloch Falconer, Porter was appointed to temporarily be the Secretary of State of Mississippi on September 25, 1878.

[5][6] He stopped being the Secretary of State after the appointment of Henry C. Myers on November 15, 1878.

[4][3] They had six children: D. Price Jr, Joseph, McGee, Kate, George, and William, of whom the first four survived him.