Stephen Geyer Porter

Stephen Geyer Porter

Stephen Geyer Porter (born May 18, 1869 in Salem , Ohio , †  June 27, 1930 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1930 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1877, Stephen Porter and his parents came to Allegheny , which is now part of Pittsburgh. He attended public schools in his new home and Allegheny High School . He then studied medicine for two years. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1893, he began to work in this profession in Pittsburgh. Between 1903 and 1906 he was also the legal representative of this city. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1912 he served as chairman of the Pennsylvania regional Republican party convention.

In the 1910 congressional elections , Porter was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 29th constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded William Harrison Graham on March 4, 1911 . After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on June 27, 1930 . Since 1923 he represented the 32nd district of his state there. World War I fell during his time in Congress . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . The 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution had already been ratified in 1913 . This affected the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators .

In 1913, Stephen Porter ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Pittsburgh. In Congress he was since 1919 chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. In 1921 he represented the US House of Representatives on an advisory committee for the disarmament conference in Washington DC A year later he represented the United States at the 100th anniversary of Brazil's independence and in 1923 and 1924 country at a drug conference ( Second International Conference on Opium ) in Geneva . Stephen Porter headed the Foreign Service Buildings Commission from 1926 to 1930 . He died on June 27, 1930 in Pittsburgh, where he was also buried.

Web links

Commons : Stephen Geyer Porter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stephen Geyer Porter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Stephen Geyer Porter in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William Harrison Graham	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (29th constituency) March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1923	Milton William Shreve
Guy Edgar Campbell	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (32nd electoral district) March 4, 1923 - June 27, 1930	Edmund Frederick Erk