Education
Born in Cairo, New York, Porter completed preparatory studies. He was graduated from the law university at Albany, New York, in 1853.
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He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Ashland, New New York He settled in Norfolk, Virginia. He served as city attorney for one year.
Commonwealth attorney 1863-1867.
He moved to Richmond, Virginia, in 1867. Upon the readmission of Virginia to representation was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from January 26, 1870, to March 3, 1873.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872. He engaged in the practice of law in New York City and Beacon, New New York
He died in Cairo, New York, July 9, 1897.
He was interred in Cairo Cemetery. 1869; Porter was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 77.16% of the vote, defeating Independents James West. Hunnicutt and John East. Mulford. 1870; Porter was re-elected unopposed.
Membership
He entered the Union Army in 1861 as a member of the First Regiment, New York Mounted Rifles. He served as member of the constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 and 1868.
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