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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisJohn Edward PORTER
(1935- )
PORTER, John Edward, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Evanston, Cook County, Ill.,
June 1, 1935; attended the public schools and graduated from
Evanston Township High School, 1953; attended Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 1953-1954; B.S. and
B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1957; J.D.,
University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1961; served
in United States Army Reserves, 1958-1964; was admitted to the
Illinois bar in 1961; honor law graduate attorney, United States
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1961-1963; private
practice, Evanston, Ill., 1963-1979; delegate to the Republican
National Convention, 1996; member, Illinois general assembly,
1973-1979; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-sixth
Congress in 1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth
Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of United States Representative Abner J. Mikva, and
reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 22,
1980-January 3, 2001); was not a candidate for reelection to the
One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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