Henry Kirke Porter

Henry Kirke Porter (born November 24, 1840 in Concord , New Hampshire , †  April 10, 1921 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1905 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Porter attended both public and private schools including the New London Academy , also in New Hampshire. He then studied until 1860 at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ). In 1860 he co-founded the YMCA . Between 1861 and 1866 he studied theology at Newton Theological Seminary in Massachusetts and Rochester Theological Seminary in New York State . He served in the Massachusetts State Militia during the Civil War in 1862 and 1863 . In 1863 Porter was a member of the United States Christian Commission . From 1866 he worked with his father in Pittsburgh in locomotive construction. They started a company and he became president. From 1868 to 1887 he headed the YMCA local branch in Pittsburgh. Between 1892 and 1906 he was Vice President of the local Chamber of Commerce. From 1875 to 1921 Porter was a member of the YMCA's international committee ; between 1890 and 1921 he was the curator of the Carnegie Institute . He was also curator of the Crozier Theological Seminary from 1871 to 1921 . He was also involved in politics as an independent Republican .

In the congressional elections of 1902 Porter was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the then newly established 31st  constituency of Pennsylvania, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1903. Since he was not confirmed in 1904, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1905 . In 1904, Porter was the curator and chairman of the board of the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind . After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked again in locomotive construction. He died in Washington on April 10, 1921 and was buried in Pittsburgh.

Web links

• Henry Kirke Porter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Kirke Porter in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
new constituency	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (31st constituency) March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1905	James F. Burke