Biography

05/15/1839 - 12/28/1907

Charles Albert Porter, Sr. (R5) Philadelphia (Part) County 1891-1896

Early Life:

Charles Albert Porter, Sr., born May 15, 1839, North Mulberry Ward, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Zane Street public school; contractor; appointed, supervisor, city street department, Philadelphia, 1862-1866; president, Fairmount Park Transportation Company; president, Susquehanna Coal and Iron Company; president, Woodside Real Estate Company; president, Pennsylvania Cold Storage and Market Company; married, Rosetta Miller Chadwick, 1870, children, Marie L. Schoen, Barry, Anna Josephine Whelen, Ellison, Charles Albert Porter Jr.; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1872-1874; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1888; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, November, 1890, resigned; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1891-1896; director, Chestnut Street National Bank; president, Eighth National Bank of Philadelphia, 1904; died, December 28, 1907, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Torresdale, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

President, Fairmount Park Transportation Company; president, Susquehanna Coal and Iron Company; president, Woodside Real Estate Company; president, Pennsylvania Cold Storage and Market; member, Union League, Philadelphia; 5 O’clock Club; Mason.  

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, supervisor, city street department, Philadelphia, Mayors Alexander Henry, Morton McMichael, 1862-1866.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1872-1874; not a candidate for reelection, 1875 term. 

Elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1888. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, vacancy, unexpired term, John E. Reyburn, resigned, reelected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1891-1896; committee assignments, Corporations, Finance; Chairman, Legislative Apportionment Committee; not a candidate for reelection. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members P". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, Cochran, T.B., (Editor) (1896) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1053, 1061-1064, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1019-1020.

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Pennsylvania) Monday, December 30, 1907, page4.  

Charles A Porter (1839-1907) - Find a Grave Memorial