Stephen G. Porter

This article is about the congressman. For other uses of the name, seeStephen Porter (disambiguation).

Stephen G. Porter
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's32nddistrict
In office March 4, 1923 – June 27, 1930
Preceded by	Guy E. Campbell
Succeeded by	Edmund F. Erk
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's29thdistrict
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by	William H. Graham
Succeeded by	Milton W. Shreve
Personal details
Born	(1869-05-18)May 18, 1869 nearSalem,Ohio
Died	June 27, 1930(1930-06-27)(aged 61) Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican

Stephen Geyer Porter(May 18, 1869 – June 27, 1930) was aRepublicanmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.

Biography

Porter was born nearSalem, Ohio.In 1877, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled inAllegheny, Pennsylvania(now part ofPittsburgh). He attendedAllegheny High Schooland 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 theSixty-secondand to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death. He was the Chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Foreign Affairsduring theSixty-sixththroughSeventy-firstCongresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate forMayor of Pittsburghin 1913. He was appointed in 1921 to represent theUnited States House of Representativeson the advisory committee to theWashingtonconference on armament limitations, and he represented theUnited Statesat the centennial ofBrazil’s independence, in 1922. He was a member and chairman of the American delegation to theSecond International Conference on Opium,atGenevain 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 theHouse 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 theForeign Service Buildings Commissionfrom 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

• United States Congress."Stephen G. Porter (id: P000447)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard