Charles W. Porter

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Charles W. Porter (born July 11, 1849 in Hartford , Vermont , † August 1, 1891 in New Bedford , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer and politician who was Secretary of State of Vermont from 1884 to 1890 .

Life

Charles Walcutt Porter was born in Hartford, Vermont, on July 11, 1849, to Judges John Porter and Jane Frances Foster. He attended school in Hartford, then the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden , New Hampshire . He graduated from Phillips Academy .

Back in Vermont, he moved to Montpelier and studied law with BF Fifield. He was admitted to the bar in 1874. He then founded a joint practice with CH Pitkin, his former instructor. This legal association was maintained until 1880, after which he worked without a partner until his death.

Porter was a member of the Vermont sister party of the Republican Party and was appointed Deputy Secretary of State in 1872. He held this office for twelve years. In 1884 he was elected Secretary of State. Appointed President of the Berlin Granite Company in 1887 . He held this position until his death in 1891.

He was a congregationalist and a member of the Vermont Historical Society.

Charles W. Porter was married to Florence Bailey. The couple had a daughter. Porter died of malaria on August 1, 1891, in New Bedford, where he was recreating . His grave is in the Green Mount Cemetery.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Secretaries of State, located on the Vermont Government home page , accessed March 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of Vermont Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp. 322-323
  3. ↑ a b The Vermont Watchman from Montpelier, August 5, 1891, p. 4 For Charles W. Porter, accessed March 15, 2015
  4. ^ Rootsweb on Charles W. Porter, accessed March 15, 2015
  5. ↑ Vermonthistory W. Charles Porter accessed on March 15, 2015
  6. ^ Charles W. Porter from Political Graveyard.Retrieved March 15, 2015
  7. ^ The Vermont Historical Society , accessed March 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Vermonthistory, Porter Family Papers, 1823-1905, accessed March 15, 2015
  9. ↑ News and citizen., July 30, 1891, Image 2, accessed March 15, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Porter, Charles W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartford , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1891
Place of death New Bedford , Massachusetts