Background
Porter, William Gove was born on September 4, 1858 in Thetford Center, Vermont, United States. Son of Amos Phelps and Mercy Eastman (Gove) Porter.
Porter, William Gove was born on September 4, 1858 in Thetford Center, Vermont, United States. Son of Amos Phelps and Mercy Eastman (Gove) Porter.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1882, Master of Arts, 1888. Bachelor of Laws, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 1884.
Admitted to bar South Dakot, later to the United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, and Supreme Court of the United States. Practiced in Sioux Falls, South Dakot, since 1898. State's attorney, Custer Company, South Dakot, 1890-1895.
Assistant United State Attorneys, District of South Dakot, 1898-1906, United State Attorneys, 1906, again assistant United State Attorneys, 1907-1910.
General solicitor for states of North. and South. Dakota, of C.,M.& Street.P. Railway Company, 1911-1919. Treasurer National Republican League, 1904, 06.
Mason.; Odd Fellow.
Married Jessie M. Yost, June 27, 1888.