Peter Augustus Porter was a United States. Representative from New York, and grandson of Peter Buell Porter.
Background
Porter was the son of Mary Cabell Breckenridge and Colonel Peter A. Porter, the Civil War hero who bravely died in the bloody Battle of Cold Harbor. Porter was born in Niagara Falls, New York on October 10, 1853, the only son of Colonel Peter A. Porter who was the only son of Peter Buell Porter.
Career
Porter was one of Niagara"s first native poets. His mother died when he was four years old. He was taught by private teachers and later attended Saint Paul"s School in Concord, New Hampshire from 1865 to 1871.
He graduated from Yale College in 1874.
After his formal education, Porter engaged in banking and was an extensive landowner. He served as village president of Niagara Falls, New York in 1878.
In 1907, he was elected as an Independent Republican to the 60th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1909. He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
Following his stint in politics, Porter engaged in the study and writing of history of the Niagara frontier.
He died in Buffalo, New York, December 15, 1925 and was interred in Oakwood Cemetery in his hometown of Niagara Falls, New New York
Membership
Porter was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly (Niagara Company, 2nd Doctorate) in 1886 and 1887.