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Vermont Secretary of State. He was educated in Hartford, and then graduated from Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire and Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. He then moved to Montpelier, where he studied law with Benjamin F. Fifield, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in partnership with Fifield and Clarence H. Pitkin. After Fifield's retirement, Pitkin and Porter practiced together until 1880, after which Porter carried on his own practice. A Republican, Porter served as Vermont's Deputy Secretary of State from 1872 to 1884. In 1884, longtime incumbent George Nichols retired, and Porter became Secretary of State. From 1887 until his death, he was President of the Berlin Granite Company. He served as Secretary of State until 1890, when he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He died at the home of his brother in law after having been ill for more than a year, and traveling extensively in an effort to restore his health.
Vermont Secretary of State. He was educated in Hartford, and then graduated from Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire and Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. He then moved to Montpelier, where he studied law with Benjamin F. Fifield, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in partnership with Fifield and Clarence H. Pitkin. After Fifield's retirement, Pitkin and Porter practiced together until 1880, after which Porter carried on his own practice. A Republican, Porter served as Vermont's Deputy Secretary of State from 1872 to 1884. In 1884, longtime incumbent George Nichols retired, and Porter became Secretary of State. From 1887 until his death, he was President of the Berlin Granite Company. He served as Secretary of State until 1890, when he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He died at the home of his brother in law after having been ill for more than a year, and traveling extensively in an effort to restore his health.
Info below provided by: Bill McKern
Vermont Secretary of State. He was educated in Hartford, and then graduated from Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire and Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. He then moved to Montpelier, where he studied law with Benjamin F. Fifield, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in partnership with Fifield and Clarence H. Pitkin. After Fifield's retirement, Pitkin and Porter practiced together until 1880, after which Porter carried on his own practice. A Republican, Porter served as Vermont's Deputy Secretary of State from 1872 to 1884. In 1884, longtime incumbent George Nichols retired, and Porter became Secretary of State. From 1887 until his death, he was President of the Berlin Granite Company. He served as Secretary of State until 1890, when he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He died at the home of his brother in law after having been ill for more than a year, and traveling extensively in an effort to restore his health.
Vermont Secretary of State. He was educated in Hartford, and then graduated from Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire and Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts. He then moved to Montpelier, where he studied law with Benjamin F. Fifield, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in partnership with Fifield and Clarence H. Pitkin. After Fifield's retirement, Pitkin and Porter practiced together until 1880, after which Porter carried on his own practice. A Republican, Porter served as Vermont's Deputy Secretary of State from 1872 to 1884. In 1884, longtime incumbent George Nichols retired, and Porter became Secretary of State. From 1887 until his death, he was President of the Berlin Granite Company. He served as Secretary of State until 1890, when he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He died at the home of his brother in law after having been ill for more than a year, and traveling extensively in an effort to restore his health.
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