Stephen G. Porter
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| Born | May 18, 1869 near Salem, Ohio |
| Died | June 27, 1930 (aged 61) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
Stephen Geyer Porter (May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was a
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
Biography
Porter was born near
Pittsburgh). He attended Allegheny 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 the
Mayor of Pittsburgh in 1913. He was appointed in 1921 to represent the United States House of Representatives on the advisory committee to the Washington conference on armament limitations, and he represented the United States at the centennial of Brazil’s independence, in 1922. He was a member and chairman of the American delegation to the Second International Conference on Opium, at Geneva
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 the House 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 the Foreign Service Buildings Commission from 1926 to 1930. He died in Pittsburgh and was interred in Highwood Cemetery.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
Sources
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stephen G. Porter.
- United States Congress. "Stephen G. Porter (id: P000447)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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