Carley V. Porter | |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1906 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
Death Place: | Sacramento, California |
State Assembly: | California |
District: | 38th |
Term: | January 7, 1963 - December 6, 1972 |
Preceded: | Jack T. Casey |
Succeeded: | Robert M. McLennan |
State Assembly1: | California |
District1: | 69th |
Term1: | November 8, 1949 - January 7, 1963 |
Preceded1: | Ralph C. Dills |
Succeeded1: | William E. Dannemeyer |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Marie Walton (m. 1934) |
Children: | 1 |
Carley V. Porter (February 19, 1906 – December 6, 1972) served in the California State Assembly from the 69th District from 1949 to 1963, and from the 38th District from 1963 until his death in 1972. A resident of Compton, his constituency under both of his Assembly district numbers was in southern Los Angeles County.[1]
Legislation that bears Porter's name includes the Burns-Porter Act, which resulted in the California State Water Project, and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, anti-pollution legislation that predated the federal Clean Water Act.[2]
During World War II, Porter served in the United States Army.[3]