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Paul A. Porter
Lawyer + Federal Communications Commission Chairman
Male
Born
Oct 6, 1904
Hometown
Joplin, Missouri
Died
Nov 26, 1975
Political Party
Democratic Party
Nationality
United States
Alma Mater
University of Ken...
Paul Aldermandt Porter was an American lawyer and politician. He served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1944 to 1946. He later joined Washington, D.C. law firm Arnold & Fortas, now known as Arnold & Porter.
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CHILDHOOD
1904
Birth
Born on October 6, 1904.
TWENTIES
1933
28 Years Old
Prior to his work for the Democratic Party, Porter had held a number of jobs in the Roosevelt administration, starting with the Department of Agriculture, from 1933 to 1937.
THIRTIES
1940
35 Years Old
He left the government to work as Washington counsel for CBS, taking leave in 1940 to join the National Defense Council.
1942
37 Years Old
In 1942, Porter left CBS to join the Office of Price Administration as deputy administrator, and then assistant director of the Office of Economic Stabilization under Fred M. Vinson.
1944
39 Years Old
Porter was nominated by President Roosevelt on November 16, 1944, to fill out the remaining term of departing FCC chairman James Lawrence Fly, and took office on December 21 of that year under a recess appointment after the Senate failed to take up the nomination before the end of the Congressional session.
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FORTIES
1945
40 Years Old
When the next Congress assembled in January, 1945, Porter was renominated and was unanimously confirmed on January 18, 1945.
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1946
41 Years Old
President Harry Truman appointed Porter to head the American Economic Mission to Greece, with the rank of ambassador, in 1946.
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FIFTIES
1956
51 Years Old
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The couple divorced in 1956, and Porter later married Kathleen Winsor.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
On November 21, 1975, Porter was eating dinner at a restaurant with his wife and friends when he choked on a piece of lobster.
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