Porter King

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Porter King

Porter King (November 24, 1857 – October 24, 1901)^[1] was born in Marion, Alabama, attended Howard College and graduated in 1878 then studied law at University of Virginia in Charlottesville.^[2] He came to Atlanta as a lawyer in 1882 and in 1889 was elected to represent the Sixth Ward in the city council.^[3] He served as the 34th Mayor from 1895 to 1897 and was reluctant to run for any office again until friends convinced him to run for the Georgia General Assembly in 1900. He served one week before vacating his seat and died later that year after a "stroke of apoplexy" in his Atlanta home.

References

Avery, I.W., City of Atlanta, Inter-State Publishing Company, Louisville, KY, 1892

Notes

↑ Franklin Garrett Necrology Database - Atlanta History Center
↑ Avery, p.95
↑ Avery, p.96

Preceded by John B. Goodwin	Mayor of Atlanta January 1895 – January 1897	Succeeded by Charles Collier

Mayors of Atlanta

acting Mayors in italics

Persondata
Name	King, Porter
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 24, 1857
Place of birth
Date of death	October 24, 1901
Place of death

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