Porter Hardy, Jr.

Porter Hardy, Jr. (June 1, 1903 - April 19, 1995) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born in Bon Air, Virginia, Hardy attended the public schools and Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, Virginia.He was graduated from Boykins (Virginia) High School in 1918 and from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, in 1922.He attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University in 1923 and 1924. Accountant and warehouse manager at New York City and Norfolk, Virginia from 1924 to 1927. Wholesaler of electrical equipment, Salisbury, Maryland from 1927 to 1932.He moved to Churchland, Virginia, in 1932 and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Hardy was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1969).He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress. Formerly director of Dominion Bankshares Corp. and other Virginia financial institutions.He died April 19, 1995.

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