Stephen G. Porter | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's32nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – June 27, 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Guy E. Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Edmund F. Erk |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's29th district | |
| In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Graham |
| Succeeded by | Milton W. Shreve |
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| Born | (1869-05-18)May 18, 1869 nearSalem,Ohio |
| Died | June 27, 1930(1930-06-27) (aged 61) Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
Stephen Geyer Porter (May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Porter was born nearSalem, Ohio. In 1877, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled inAllegheny, Pennsylvania (now part ofPittsburgh). He attendedAllegheny High School and studied medicine for two years, after which he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in December 1893 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh. He was city solicitor of Allegheny from 1903 to 1906. He was chairman of the Republican State convention in 1912.
Porter was elected as a Republican to theSixty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death. He was the Chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Foreign Affairs during theSixty-sixth throughSeventy-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate forMayor of Pittsburgh in 1913. He was appointed in 1921 to represent theUnited States House of Representatives on the advisory committee to theWashington conference on armament limitations, and he represented theUnited States at the centennial ofBrazil’s independence, in 1922. He was a member and chairman of the American delegation to theSecond International Conference on Opium, atGeneva in 1924 and 1925, although he unexpectedly withdrew the American delegation prior to the Conference's conclusion. The American delegation's proposals for more stringent drug control were rejected.
Porter also served as chairman of theHouse Committee on Foreign Affairs, in which capacity he drafted the "Porter Resolution", passed by the House, which authorized the president to place the United States' relations with China on a footing of equality. He was also chairman of theForeign Service Buildings Commission from 1926 to 1930. He died in Pittsburgh and was interred in Highwood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 29th congressional district 1911–1923 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 32nd congressional district 1923–1930 | Succeeded by |
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