Gilchrist Porter
Gilchrist Porter was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from 1851 to 1853, then again from 1855 to 1857.
Early life and education
Born in Windsor, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Porter received a limited schooling. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowling Green, Missouri. He owned slaves.Congress
Porter was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress.Porter was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims. From 1866 to 1880 he was a Missouri circuit judge.