Gilchrist Porter

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Gilchrist Porter (November 1, 1817 - November 1, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Windsor, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Porter received a limited schooling. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowling Green, Missouri.

Porter was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress.

Porter was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857). He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-fourth Congress). Circuit judge 1866-1880. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Hannibal, Missouri, November 1, 1894. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

References

Gilchrist Porter at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Van Ness Bay	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd congressional district 1851-1853	Succeeded by Alfred William Lamb
Preceded by Alfred William Lamb	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd congressional district 1855-1857	Succeeded by Thomas Lilbourne Anderson

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Name	Porter, Gilchrist
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 1, 1817
Place of birth
Date of death	November 1, 1894
Place of death

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