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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Claude Rodman Porter</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ClaudeRPorter_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/ClaudeRPorter_%281%29.jpg/220px-ClaudeRPorter_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/ClaudeRPorter_%281%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="421" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Porter in 1910</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">Iowa Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate,_District_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Senate, District 3">3rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 8, 1900 – January 10, 1904</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beryl_F._Carroll" title="Beryl F. Carroll">Beryl F. Carroll</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_Leroy_Taylor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Leroy Taylor (page does not exist)">Lewis Leroy Taylor</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">Iowa House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives,_District_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa House of Representatives, District 4">4th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1896–1900</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_W._Wyckoff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George W. Wyckoff (page does not exist)">George W. Wyckoff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Smith_Payne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Smith Payne (page does not exist)">Frank Smith Payne</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1872-07-08</span>)</span>July 8, 1872<br /><a href="/wiki/Moulton,_Iowa" title="Moulton, Iowa">Moulton, Iowa</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 17, 1946<span style="display:none">(1946-08-17)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parsons_College" title="Parsons College">Parsons College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Washington_University_School_of_Law" title="Washington University School of Law">St. Louis Law School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Claude Rodman Porter</b> (July 8, 1872 – August 17, 1946) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both chambers of the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_General_Assembly" title="Iowa General Assembly">Iowa General Assembly</a> and as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a>, and was a perennial <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> runner-up to <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> victors in three races for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Iowa">governor of Iowa</a> and six races for <a href="/wiki/U.S._senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. senator">U.S. senator</a>. In an era in which the Republican Party was so dominant in Iowa that Senator <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_P._Dolliver" title="Jonathan P. Dolliver">Jonathan P. Dolliver</a> remarked that "Iowa will go Democratic when Hell goes Methodist,"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Porter twice came closer to winning the governorship than all but one other Democratic candidate of that era.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later served as a member of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_Commerce_Commission" title="Interstate Commerce Commission">Interstate Commerce Commission</a> for eighteen years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Porter was born to attorney George D. Porter and Hannah (Rodman) Porter in <a href="/wiki/Moulton,_Iowa" title="Moulton, Iowa">Moulton, Iowa</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Appanoose_County,_Iowa" title="Appanoose County, Iowa">Appanoose County</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Parsons_College" title="Parsons College">Parsons College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Iowa" title="Fairfield, Iowa">Fairfield, Iowa</a>, and St. Louis Law School (now <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington University in St. Louis School of Law">Washington University in St. Louis School of Law</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-isr_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_in_the_legislature_and_military">Service in the legislature and military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service in the legislature and military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After becoming admitted to the bar in 1893 and beginning to serve as a lawyer in <a href="/wiki/Centerville,_Iowa" title="Centerville, Iowa">Centerville, Iowa</a>, he was elected in 1895, at age twenty-three, to the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">Iowa House of Representatives</a> as a "fusion candidate" with <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Democratic_Party" title="Iowa Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Populist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Populist Party (United States)">Populist Party</a> support.<sup id="cite_ref-next_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-next-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The youngest member of the House,<sup id="cite_ref-next_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-next-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Porter served two terms (from 1896 to 1900).<sup id="cite_ref-ialeg_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ialeg-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1898, while a state representative, he served in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> with the <a href="/wiki/51st_Iowa_Volunteers" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Iowa Volunteers">51st Iowa Volunteers</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a> and early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>. While in the service, he also ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> in <span data-sort-value="Iowa08 !"><a href="/wiki/Iowa%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Iowa's 8th congressional district">Iowa's 8th congressional district</a></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Secretary of State">Iowa Secretary of State</a>. In 1899, he married Maude Boutin,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa State Senate">Iowa State Senate</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate,_District_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa Senate, District 3">3rd District</a>, where he served from 1900 to 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-ialeg_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ialeg-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1900, 1902, 1904, and 1906, he refused requests to run again for Congress in the 8th district, concluding each time that incumbent Republican Congressman <a href="/wiki/William_P._Hepburn" title="William P. Hepburn">William P. Hepburn</a> could not be defeated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statewide_elections,_1906–1911"><span id="Statewide_elections.2C_1906.E2.80.931911"></span>Statewide elections, 1906–1911</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statewide elections, 1906–1911"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1906, Porter ran for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Iowa">governor of Iowa</a>, winning the Democratic nomination,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but losing to incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Albert_B._Cummins" title="Albert B. Cummins">Albert B. Cummins</a>. </p><p>Because the term of U.S. Senator Dolliver would expire in March 1907, Dolliver was up for re-election by the General Assembly in January 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-clark_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clark-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All but one of the Democrats in the General Assembly voted for Porter rather than Dolliver, but their numbers were far too few to prevent Dolliver's re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908, Iowa's other U.S. Senate seat was up, and a new state law provided for Senate nominees to be selected in a primary election.<sup id="cite_ref-clark_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clark-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Porter won the Democratic nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator <a href="/wiki/William_B._Allison" title="William B. Allison">William B. Allison</a> defeated Cummins in the Republican primary but died soon thereafter, and in a special convention Republicans chose Cummins to take Allison's place as Republican nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-clark_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clark-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Iowa General Assembly, which retained the power to choose U.S. senators from among the parties' nominees, twice selected Cummins over Porter, in a November 1908 vote (resolving who would serve the rest of Allison's original March 1903 – 1909 term) and a January 1909 vote (resolving who would serve the March 1909 – 1915 term).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1910, Porter ran for governor again, this time losing to incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Beryl_F._Carroll" title="Beryl F. Carroll">Beryl F. Carroll</a>. </p><p>Porter tried again to become a U.S. Senator in 1911, when the entire contest was decided in the Iowa General Assembly without a primary due in part to Dolliver's death. Porter was the choice of the Democrats' minority caucus, and the Republicans' majority caucus divided their votes among multiple candidates, but at the end of the legislative session, on the 67th ballot, Republican <a href="/wiki/William_S._Kenyon_(Iowa_politician)" title="William S. Kenyon (Iowa politician)">William S. Kenyon</a> finally achieved a large enough majority to win.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In all, five times in five years, Porter was the Democrats' top choice for either Governor or U.S. Senator, but came away with nothing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wartime_prosecutor_and_candidate_for_governor">Wartime prosecutor and candidate for governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wartime prosecutor and candidate for governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Democrat <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> was elected president, Porter was nominated and confirmed as <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_for_the_Southern_District_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa</a>, where he served from 1914 to 1918. While serving as U.S. Attorney, he aggressively enforced the <a href="/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917" title="Espionage Act of 1917">Espionage Act of 1917</a> against persons who spoke out against the draft or "assisted" others who did so, including the defendants in the 1917–18 <a href="/wiki/Davenport,_Iowa" title="Davenport, Iowa">Davenport</a> sedition trial.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as first assistant special prosecutor in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> trial of over one hundred members of the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World" title="Industrial Workers of the World">Industrial Workers of the World</a> on similar charges.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a trial that lasted from April to August 1918, the jury deliberated briefly and returned convictions of all 100 remaining defendants, including IWW general secretary <a href="/wiki/Big_Bill_Haywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Bill Haywood">Big Bill Haywood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after the trial was completed, Porter was promoted to Assistant Attorney General of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Porter continued to prosecute federal charges while running for Iowa governor in 1918. He received the Democratic nomination without opposition,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and faced incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/William_L._Harding" title="William L. Harding">William L. Harding</a> in the general election. Despite Porter's attacks on Harding's patriotism, Harding prevailed, as part of an Iowa Republican sweep.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Porter continued to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney General until July 1919, when he became chief counsel for the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a>, serving in that position until October 1, 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-isr_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statewide_elections,_1920–1926"><span id="Statewide_elections.2C_1920.E2.80.931926"></span>Statewide elections, 1920–1926</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Statewide elections, 1920–1926"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1920, Porter again ran unsuccessfully for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a>. Once again, he was the Democratic nominee against Cummins, who had served as a senator since defeating Porter in 1908. </p><p>Porter's chances for a victory in a statewide election were the greatest in <a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa" title="1926 United States Senate elections in Iowa">1926</a>, when he again ran for the U.S. Senate, this time against insurgent Republican <a href="/wiki/Smith_W._Brookhart" title="Smith W. Brookhart">Smith W. Brookhart</a>. Brookhart was fiercely opposed by many within his own party because of his anti-business, pro-labor views, and Brookhart's opposition to Republican President <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a>, and had officially lost the 1924 race for Iowa's other Senate seat to Democrat <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Steck" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Steck">Daniel Steck</a>. However, Porter again lost in the general election. Porter never again ran for statewide office. </p><p>Porter also served as a delegate from Iowa to Democratic National Conventions in 1908, 1912, and 1924. He also served on the Iowa State Board of Education from 1925 until November 1928. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interstate_Commerce_Commission">Interstate Commerce Commission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Interstate Commerce Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1928, he was appointed by President Coolidge to the Interstate Commerce Commission in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a member of the Commission until his death on August 17, 1946, of a cerebral hemorrhage. He died the same day that his son, George B. Porter, was buried, following his accidental death five days earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Claude_R._Porter" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Claude R. 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Ross, "Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver; A Study in Political Integrity and Independence," 65 (Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa 1958).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Editorial, "Harding's Pluralities,' Cedar Rapids Republican, 1919-01-18 at p.4 (referring to his 1906 and 1918 losses).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-isr-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-isr_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-isr_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://iagenweb.org/history/oir/27-28/183-185.htm">1927-28 Iowa Official Register</a>, pp. 183-85 (biographies of members of the Iowa State Board of Education).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-next-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-next_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-next_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Next Legislature," <i>Iowa State Reporter</i> (Waterloo), 1895-12-19 at p.4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ialeg-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ialeg_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ialeg_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=3601">"Claude R. Porter"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 15,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Claude+R.+Porter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legis.iowa.gov%2Flegislators%2Flegislator%2FlegislatorAllYears%3FpersonID%3D3601&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClaude+R.+Porter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Editorial, <i>The Hull Index</i>, 1898-07-15 at p.4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Claude Porter Marries," <i>Dubuque Daily Herald</i>, 1899-12-30 at p.6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Porter Nominated," <i>Estherville Enterprise</i>, 1906-08-08 at p.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-clark-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-clark_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-clark_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-clark_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dan Elbert Clark, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jXJDAAAAIAAJ">History of Senatorial Elections in Iowa</a>, pp. 247–48 (Iowa 1913).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Senator Dolliver Re-elected," Estherville Enterprise, 1907-01-30 at p.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Iowa City Daily Press</i>, 1908-06-04 at p.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Cummins Made Senator Today," <i>Waterloo Daily Courier</i>, 1908-11-24 at p.1; "Cummins Again Elected Senator," <i>Waterloo Daily Courier</i>, 1909-01-19 at p.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Judge Kenyon is Elected Senator as Session Ends," <i>Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette</i>, 1911-04-13 at p.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Conspiracy Charges are Being Pushed," <i>The Bayard Advocate</i>, 1917-10-18 at p. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Will Endeavor to Get Out Vote," <i>Waterloo Evening Courier</i>, 1918-07-12 at p.3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"I.W.W. Leaders are Guilty," <i>Des Moines Daily News</i>, 1918-08-18 p.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Iowa News," <i>Lytton Star</i>, 1918-09-19 at p.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Interest Dull in Party Primary," <i>Waterloo Evening Courier</i>, 1918-05-27, at p.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"13,000 is New Harding Lead," <i>Muscatine Journal</i>, 1918-11-07 at p.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Iowa Senators Support Porter," Mason City Globe-Gazette, 1928-01-12 at p.15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Claude Porter Dies on Day of Son's Funeral," Estherville Daily News, 1946-08-17 at p.1.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Claude_R._Porter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html">The Political Graveyard: Politicians: Porter, C to D</a>, (accessed 2009-02-21).</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">J. 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