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| |  Porter, C. A. — of Colmesneil,TylerCounty, Tex.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromTexas,1896.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Mrs. C. B. — of Old Town,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Republican. Member ofMaineRepublican State Committee, 1928.Female.Burial location unknown.  | Porter, C. F. (b. 1861) — of Wilmot,RobertsCounty, S.Dak.Born in New Haven,AddisonCounty, Vt.,October24, 1861.Republican.Farmimplement dealer;banker;real estatebusiness; member ofSouthDakota state senate 34th District, 1903-04.Burial location unknown.| |  Image source:South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
| | | Porter, C. Fred — of Iowa.Iowastate auditor, 1932-33.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, C. G. — of Springdale,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Burgessof Springdale, Pennsylvania, 1923.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, C. S. — of Fox Lake,DodgeCounty, Wis.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Carley V. — of Compton,LosAngeles County, Calif.Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,1952;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1960;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1960;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for California,1968(on behalf ofHubertH. Humphrey andEdmundS. Muskie).Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Carol — Democrat. Candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Georgia, 2010.Female.Still living as of 2010. | | Porter, Charles — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles — of Hagerstown,WayneCounty, Ind.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1944.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles — of Santa Rosa,SonomaCounty, Calif.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Porter, Charles — of Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromVirginia,2008.Still living as of 2008. | | Porter, Charles — of Brandon,RankinCounty, Miss.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromMississippi,2012.Still living as of 2012. | | Porter, Charles A. — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Philadelphia County, 1872-74.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles A. — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1884(alternate),1888,1900;member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 5th District, 1891-96.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles A. — of Danielson, Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.Republican. Postmaster atDanielson,Conn., 1899-1901.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles B. — of California. Member ofCaliforniastate assembly, 1861-63 (8th District 1861-62, 10th District1862-63).Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Mrs. Charles B. — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1948.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles H. — of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Republican.Mayor ofQuincy, Mass., 1889.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles Howell(1833-1897) —of Virginia. Born in New York,1833.Republican.U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1869-73.Died in1897(ageabout64 years).Interment atCairoCemetery, Cairo, N.Y. | | Porter, Charles J. — of Bethel,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Democrat. Postmaster atBethel,Conn., 1886-90, 1894-98.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles J. — of Madison,LakeCounty, S.Dak.Republican. Postmaster atMadison,S.Dak., 1907-09.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles L. — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Whig. Postmaster atHartford,Conn., 1841-43.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles Orlando(1919-2006) —also known asCharles O. Porter — of Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.Born in Klamath Falls,KlamathCounty, Ore.,April 4,1919.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,1956(alternate),1964;U.S.Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1957-61; defeated, 1954,1960, 1966, 1972.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, fromAlzheimer'sdisease, in Eugene,LaneCounty, Ore.,January1, 2006 (age86 years, 272days).Interment atMasonicCemetery, Eugene, Ore. | | Porter, Charles R. — ofCookCounty, Ill.Republican. Candidate forIllinoisstate senate 11th District, 1938.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Charles W. (b.1849) —of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Hartford,WindsorCounty, Vt.,July 11,1849.Republican.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Vermont, 1884-90.Congregationalist.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Chester — Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for Presidential Elector forTennessee,2016(on behalf ofAlysonKennedy andOsborneHart).Still living as of 2016. | | Porter, Chester Winfield — of North Western,OneidaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1892-93 (Oneida County 3rd District 1892, OneidaCounty 2nd District 1893).Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Chris L. — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for Washington,2016(voted forHillaryClinton andTimKaine).Still living as of 2016. | | Porter, Claude E. — of Adrian,LenaweeCounty, Mich.Mayorof Adrian, Mich., 1949-56.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Claude R.(1872-1946) —of Centerville,AppanooseCounty, Iowa; Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa.Born in Moulton,AppanooseCounty, Iowa,July 8,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1896-1900; served in the U.S.Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate forsecretaryof state of Iowa, 1898; member ofIowastate senate, 1900-04; candidate forGovernor ofIowa, 1906, 1910, 1918 (Democratic); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Iowa,1908,1912(delegation chair;speaker),1924;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1914-18; candidateforU.S.Senator from Iowa, 1920, 1926; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1928-46.Presbyterian.Died inWashington,D.C.,August17, 1946 (age74 years, 40days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George D. Porter and Hannah (Rodman) Porter; married,December27, 1899, to Maude Boutin. |
| | Porter, Cloyd A. — Republican. Member ofWisconsinstate assembly 43rd District; elected 1974.Still living as of 1974. | | Porter, Clyde R. — of Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio.Candidate formayorof Zanesville, Ohio, 1945.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Curtis E. — ofBroomeCounty, N.Y.Socialist. Candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1917.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, D. C. — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.Mayorof Texarkana, Tex., 1889-90.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, D. F. — of Utah. Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from Utah at-large, 1900.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, D. Price — of Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Democrat. Postmaster atJackson,Miss., 1893-97.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Dan D. — of Marshall,SalineCounty, Mo.Democrat. Candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1940, 1944; candidate forMissouristate treasurer, 1948.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Daniel — of Orange,OrangeCounty, Va.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1940.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter,DanielSeeJ.Daniel Porter | | Porter, Daniel B. — of Norton Township (now Norton Shores),MuskegonCounty, Mich.Supervisorof Norton Township, Michigan, 1908, 1917; defeated, 1913(Progressive), 1914, 1916.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Daniel S. — of Pennsylvania. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1868.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Daniel S. — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1928.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Daniel W. — of Mound City,HoltCounty, Mo.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1900,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, David (1780-1843) — of Pennsylvania. Born in1780.Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; captain of the UnitedStates frigateEssex, the thefirstU.S. war vessel to carry the Stars and Stripes in a naval battle,March 25, 1813; U.S. Consul General inAlgiers, 1830-31; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTurkey, 1831-39; U.S. Minister toTurkey, 1839-43, died in office 1843.Died in Constantinople, Turkey (now Istanbul,Türkiye),March3, 1843 (ageabout 62years).Interment atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Porter, David — of Missouri.Delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District,1845-46.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, David — U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toMexico, 1859.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, David — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Maryland.U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Savannah, Ga., Georgia, 1873-77.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, David — Constitution candidate forU.S.Senator from Hawaii, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Porter, David — ofTravisCounty, Tex.Republican.Texasrailroad commissioner; elected 2010; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Texas,2012.Still living as of 2012. | | Porter, David — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Republican. Candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 8th District, 2012.Still living as of 2012. | | Porter, David F. — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for NewYork,1884;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1892.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, David N. — of Thompson,WindhamCounty, Conn.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Thompson; elected 1902, 1904.Burial location unknown. | | Porter, David Rittenhouse(1788-1867) —of Pennsylvania. Born near Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,October31, 1788.Democrat. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1819; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 8th District, 1836-38;Governor ofPennsylvania, 1839-45.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,August6, 1867 (age78 years, 279days).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | Porter, David Stewart(1909-1989) —Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September23, 1909.U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 1966-79; tooksenior status 1979.DiedJanuary5, 1989 (age79 years, 104days).Burial location unknown. | | Porter, DeForest — of Phoenix,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Mayorof Phoenix, Ariz., 1883-84, 1886-88; defeated, 1885.Burial location unknown. | | Porter,DickSeeRichardD. Porter | | Porter, Don — of Beloit,MitchellCounty, Kan.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1956.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Porter, DonSeeDonald J. Porter | | Porter, Donald D. — of McMinnville,YamhillCounty, Ore.Mayorof McMinnville, Ore., 1981-83.Still living as of 1983. | | Porter, Donald J.(1921-2003) —also known asDon Porter — of Chamberlain,BruleCounty, S.Dak.BornMarch24, 1921.Democrat. Member ofSouthDakota state house of representatives 5th District, 1955-56;justice ofSouth Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1977-79.DiedFebruary17, 2003 (age81 years, 330days).Burial location unknown. | | Porter, Donna — of Corona,RiversideCounty, Calif.Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forCalifornia,2016(on behalf ofDonaldTrump andMikePence).Female.Still living as of 2016. | | Porter, DuBose (b. 1953) — of Dublin,LaurensCounty, Ga.BornOctober2, 1953.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1983-2010; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 2010;GeorgiaDemocratic state chair, 2013-; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Georgia,2016(on behalf ofHillaryClinton andTimKaine).Still living as of 2016. | | Porter, Dwight Johnson(1916-2006) —also known asDwight J. Porter — Born in Shawnee,PottawatomieCounty, Okla.,April12, 1916.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. AmbassadortoLebanon, 1965-70.Died in Rancho Mirage,RiversideCounty, Calif.,June 4,2006 (age90 years, 53days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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