Albert Gallatin Porter (1824-1897), was an Indiana governor, and United States Congressman. Born on April 20, 1824 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He graduated from Asbury University in 1843 with a law degree. He was admitted ot the Indiana bar in 1845 and set up a corporate law practice in Indianapolis, where he also entered politics as a city councilman. In 1853 he was appointed reporter of the supreme court of Indiana, and in 1859 he was elected to congress as a Republican, serving on the 36th and 37th congresses, holding his seat until March 3, 1863. On March 5, 1878 he was appointed first comptroller of the United States Department of the Treasury, but he resigned the position to become governor of Indiana, which he was from 1881 until 1885. In 1889 Porter was appointed U.S. minister to Italy and served in that capacity until 1892.
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| Preceded by Isaac P. Gray | Governor of Indiana January 10, 1881 – January 12, 1885 | Succeeded by Isaac P. Gray |
Governors of Indiana | |
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| Territorial: Harrison • Posey Jennings • Boon • W. Hendricks • Ray • Noble • Wallace • Bigger • J. Whitcomb • Dunning • Wright • Willard • Hammond • Lane • Morton • Baker • T. Hendricks • Williams • Gray • Porter • Gray • Hovey • Chase • Matthews • Mount • Durbin • Hanly • Marshall • Ralston • Goodrich • McCray • Branch • Jackson • Leslie • McNutt • Townsend • Schricker • Gates • Schricker • Craig • Handley • Welsh • Branigin • E. Whitcomb • Bowen • Orr • Bayh • O'Bannon • Kernan • Daniels |  |
