US Con Porter, Albert Gallatin - U.S. Congressman, IN

Albert Gallatin Porter

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Born: April 20, 1824

Birthplace: Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Father:
Captain Thomas Porter 1789 – 1854

Mother:
Miranda “Mira” Tousey 1803 – 1840

1st​ Wife: Minerva Virginia Brown 1824 – 1875
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Married: November 20, 1846

2nd​ Wife: Cornelia Stone 1834 – 1885
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Married: January 5, 1881

Children:

Albert B. Porter 1864 – 1909​
(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Political Party:
Until – 1856: Member of Democratic Party
1856 – 1897: Member of Republican Party

Education:

Attended Preparatory Department of Hanover College in Indiana.​
1843: Graduated from Indiana Asbury University​

Occupation before War:

1845 – 1851: Attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana​
1851 – 1853: City Attorney for the City of Indianapolis, Indiana​
1853 – 1857: Reporter for Indiana State Supreme Court​
1857 – 1859: Attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana​
Organizer of Marion County, Indiana Republican Party​
1857 – 1859: Member of Indianapolis, Indiana City Council​
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from Indiana​
1859 – 1863: Member of House Judiciary Committee​

Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Member of House Manufactures Committee​
He investigated the Railroads during his term in Congress.​
1862: Declined to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1863 – 1878: Attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana​

Occupation after War:

1876: Declined Nomination to run for Governor of Indiana​
1878 – 1880: First Comptroller of United States Treasury​
1881 – 1885: Governor of Indiana​
1885 – 1889: Attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana​
1888: Indiana Delegate Republican Party National Convention​
1888: Nominated his old Law Partner Benjamin Harrison.​
1888: Declined Nomination to run for Governor of Indiana​
1889 – 1892: United States Minister to Italy​
1892 – 1897: Worked on a History of Indiana Book he never finished.​

Died:
May 3, 1897

Place of Death: Indianapolis, Indiana

Cause of Death: Cellulitis

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

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His third nomination to Congress was declined primarily because of the position's poor salary. He returned to Indianapolis where he became head of a law firm. His law partner was future president Benjamin Harrison.
 
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