Charles O. Porter
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From 1957's Pocket Congressional Directory of the Eighty-Fifth Congress.
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 |
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| Preceded by | Harris Ellsworth |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Russell Durno |
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April 4, 1919 Klamath Falls, Oregon |
| Died | January 1, 2006 (aged 86) Eugene, Oregon |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Priscilla Porter |
| Occupation | attorney |
Charles Orlando Porter (April 4, 1919 – January 1, 2006) was a politician from the U.S. state of Oregon.
Born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Frank Porter and Ruth Peterson, he graduated from high school in Eugene, Oregon and then went on to graduate from Harvard University with a B.S. in 1941. From there he went on to serve in the United States Army during World War II from 1941 to 1945. He then went back to Harvard Law School and graduated with an L.L.B. in 1947. At Harvard Law, he partnered with several other returning veterans to found the Harvard Law Record, using the nascent paper to argue for more student housing.
He entered politics when he ran for the Congressional Representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district as a Democrat in 1954. He lost that race, but he ran again in 1956. In a major upset, he narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Harris Ellsworth. In association with Robert J. Alexander, he wrote The Struggle for Democracy in Latin America, which was published in 1961.
When he was in Congress from 1957 through 1961, Porter quickly became known as a strong liberal. He backed admitting China to the United Nations, opening trade with China and halting nuclear testing. Partly as a result, he was defeated for reelection in 1960 Republican Edwin R. Durno.
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