- Edward F. Porter
Infobox Politician
name = Edward F. Porter
imagesize = 200px
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order = 4th
office = North Dakota Secretary of State
term_start =January 1 1901
term_end =December 31 1906
predecessor =Fred Falley
successor =Alfred Blaisdell
birth_date = 1858
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
party = RepublicanEdward F. Porter (—after ) was an American politician who, as a member of the
North Dakota Republican Party , served asNorth Dakota 's 4th Secretary of State from 1901 to 1906 [ [http://www.nd.gov/sos/about/history.html History of the Secretary of State's Office (at the Official Portal for North Dakota State Government)] ] .Edward F. Porter first won election in 1900 and was re-elected in 1902 and 1904. He did not seek re-election in 1906 and left the office after serving three terms—the first North Dakota Secretary of State to do so [North Dakota Blue Book, 2005] . Prior to his election to the statewide office, Porter served in the
North Dakota House of Representatives from 1895 to 1898, and in theNorth Dakota Senate from 1899 to 1900.Notes
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