Charles H. Porter

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(June 21, 1833 — July 9, 1897) Charles Howell Porter was an American politician and lawyer. Porter was born in Cairo, New York and moved to Virginia in 1867. He graduated from the University at Albany and was admitted to the bar in 1854. During the Civil War, Porter served in the Union Army and served as a member of the New York Mounted Rifles. After the war, he settled in Virginia, where he acted as city attorney, Commonwealth attorney, and member of the constitutional convention in 1867 and 1868. Porter was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from January 26, 1870 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000438]

Member of Virginia Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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