Albert porter biography

Albert G. Porter

American politician

Albert G. Porter

Print published in 1888 by Baker & Randolph, after a photo by Clark

In office
January 10, 1881 – January 12, 1885
LieutenantThomas Hanna
Preceded byIsaac P. Gray
Succeeded byIsaac P. Gray
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Preceded byJames M. Gregg
Succeeded byEbenezer Dumont
Born

Albert Gallatin Porter


(1824-04-20)April 20, 1824
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, US
DiedMay 3, 1897(1897-05-03) (aged 73)
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Resting placeCrown Hill Cemetery
Political partyDemocrat (until 1856)
Republican (1856–1897)
Spouse(s)Minerva Brown Porter (1846–1875)
Cornelia Stone (1881–1886)
Children5

Albert Gallatin Porter (April 20, 1824 – May 3, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885 and as a United States Congressman from 1859 to 1863. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party in 1856 after being expelled by the pro-slavery faction of the

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ALBERT G. PORTER, Indiana’s nineteenth governor, was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on April 20, 1824. He was educated at Hanover College and DePauw University, graduating from the latter school in 1843. After moving to Greencastle, Indiana in 1843, Porter studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845. He then established his legal career in Indianapolis, serving as corporation counsel from 1851 to 1853, and as a city council member from 1857 to 1859. He also served as reporter for the Indiana Supreme Court from 1853 to 1857. Porter entered politics in 1859, serving as a member to the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he held until March 3, 1863. In 1878, he secured an appointment as Controller of the U.S. Treasury, where he served until 1880, when he resigned to run for the governorship. He won the 1880 Republican gubernatorial nomination and was elected governor of Indiana. During his tenure, the state board of health was established, hospitals for the insane were planned for Logansport, Evansville, and Richmond, and marshlands and the Kankakee swamp were dra

Albert Gallatin Porter (20 April 1824-3 May 1897) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-IN 6) from 4 March 1859 to 3 March 1863 (succeeding James M. Gregg and preceding Ebenezer Dumont) and Governor of Indiana from 10 January 1881 to 12 January 1885 (interrupting Isaac P. Gray's terms).

Biography[]

Albert Gallatin Porter was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana in 1824, and he was raised in Boone County, Kentucky before moving to Indianapolis in 1843. He wrote for the Indianapolis Journal before serving as the city attorney from 1851 to 1853, on the State Supreme Court from 1854 to 1856, and in the US House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863. He was originally an anti-slaveryDemocrat, but he joined the Republicans in 1860. Porter later served as Governor from 1881 to 1885, and he died in 1897.

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