Porter Hardy, Junior. was a United States. Representative from Virginia.
Education
Born in Bon Air, Virginia, Hardy attended public schools and Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, Virginia. He graduated from Boykins High School in 1918, and from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, in 1922. He then attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University in 1923 and 1924.
Career
After completing his education, Hardy was employed as an accountant and warehouse manager in New York City and Norfolk, Virginia from 1924 to 1927. He then became a wholesaler of electrical equipment in Salisbury, Maryland from 1927 to 1932, before moving to Churchland, Virginia, in 1932, to engage in agricultural pursuits. Hardy was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969).
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress, instead pursuing a career as a director of Dominion Bankshares Corporation and other Virginia financial institutions.
He died April 19, 1995, and was interment in Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1946; Hardy was elected to Congress defeating Republican Sidney H. Kelsey, winning 65.66% of the vote.
1950. Hardy was re-elected unopposed.
1952; Hardy was re-elected unopposed. 1954; Hardy was re-elected defeating Republican George V. Credle, winning 74.45% of the vote.
1956. Hardy was re-elected defeating Republican William R. Burns, winning 76.43% of the vote.
1958; Hardy was re-elected unopposed. 1960; Hardy was re-elected defeating Republican Louis B. Fine, winning 75.94% of the vote.
1962. Hardy was re-elected defeating Republican Fine, winning 74.96% of the vote.
1964; Hardy was re-elected defeating Republican Wayne Lustig and Independent H. Grady Speers, winning 68.73% of the vote. 1966; Hardy was re-elected unopposed.
Politics
1948; Hardy was re-elected defeating Republican Walter East. Hoffman, Independent Jerry O. Gilliam, and Socialist Sidney Moore, winning 61.15% of the vote.