Jon C. PORTER, Congress, NV (1955)

1955

PORTER, Jon C., a Representative from Nevada; born in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, on May 16, 1955; attended Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, Iowa; businessman; member of the Boulder, Nev., city council, 1983-1993; mayor, Boulder, Nev., 1987-1991; member of the Nevada state senate, 1994-2002; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2009); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present