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PORTER, Albert G, governor of Indiana, born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, 20 April, 1824. He was graduated at Asbury university, Indiana, in 1843, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and began to practise in Indianapolis, where he was councilman and corporation attorney. In 1853 he was appointed reporter of the supreme court of Indiana. He was elected to congress as a Republican, holding his seat from 5 December, 1859, till 3 March, 1863, and serving on the judiciary committee and on that on manufactures. He was a nominee for presidential elector on the Hayes ticket in 1876. On 5 March, 1878, he was appointed first comptroller of the United States treasury, but he resigned to become governor of Indiana, which office he held from 1881 till 1884 He has published "Decisions of the Supreme Court of Indiana" (5 vols, Indianapolis, 1853-'6), and has now (1888) in preparation a history of Indiana.
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