Background
Porterie, Gaston Louis was born on January 22, 1885 in Mansura, Louisiana, United States. Son of Louis and Felicie (Monnin) Porterie.
Porterie, Gaston Louis was born on January 22, 1885 in Mansura, Louisiana, United States. Son of Louis and Felicie (Monnin) Porterie.
Bachelor of Science, Louisiana State University, 1904, Bachelor of Laws, 1915. Doctor of Laws honoris causa, University of Montreal, 1937.
Born in Mansura, Louisiana, Porterie received a Bachelor of Surgery from Louisiana State University in 1904 and an Bachelor of Laws from Louisiana State University Law School in 1915. He was in private practice in Marksville, Louisiana from 1915 to 1920. He was a District attorney of 14th Judicial District of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920.
He was in private practice in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana from 1920 to 1932.
He was a District attorney of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana from 1920 to 1932. He was the state attorney general of Louisiana from 1932 to 1939.
Porterie was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Porterie was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt on January 25, 1939, to a new seat created by 52 Statistics
584. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1939, and received his commission on February 9, 1939.
Porterie served in that capacity until his death.
Member-at-large Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, 1928-1940. Captain American Red Cross, American Expeditionary Force, France, September 1918-February 1919. Member State Bar of Louisiana (president 1935-1936.
Married Viola Joffrion, October 15, 1919. Children: Gaston Louis, Louis Bennett.