Appanoose county had the honor two years ago to send to the house the youngest member of the assembly. While he was the youngest in the matter of years he developed legislative qualities early in the session that were envied by older men. These qualities put him readily to the front on the minority side of the house, and he did effective work both in the regular and extra sessions. Hon. Claude R. Porter is a native Iowan, and the state has every reason to feel proud of its product. His birthplace was Moulton, July 8, 1872, where he resided till he was 6 years old, when his parents removed to Centerville, which has since been his home. His initial education was received in the public schools of Centerville, after which he attended Parsons college at Fairfield, finishing with a year in the St. Louis law school. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1894, and entered into the partnership of Porter & Porter, which still exists. He was elected to his present office by the democrats and populists of Appanoose county, and was so strong a candidate that his majority was over a hundred over the republican nominee, while the majority on the state ticket was nearly 300 for Governor Drake. His majority was all the more remarkable that the county sent the man to be the state's chief executive. Mr. Porter is a bachelor, and a leading man in the Presbyterian church of his town. With Senator Healy and Representative Merriam, Mr. Porter was selected by the extra session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly to investigate state institutions, and with, them he has been engaged in that capacity during the entire fall months. The report of the committee will make these three able legislators all the more conspicuous in the coming session. Mr. Porter is especially interested in state institutions by reason of this investigation and will be anxious to see several changes made in general. Personally he has a host of warm friends in both parties, and his return to this term is a matter of genuine approval to all. Last term he served on the committees on code, judiciary, school and textbooks, compensation of public officers, military, College for the Blind, county and township organizations, and engrossed bills.

Appanoose county had the honor two years ago to send to the house the youngest member of the assembly. While he was the youngest in the matter of years he developed legislative qualities early in the session that were envied by older men. These qualities put him readily to the front on the minority side of the house, and he did effective work both in the regular and extra sessions. Hon. Claude R. Porter is a native Iowan, and the state has every reason to feel proud of its product. His birthplace was Moulton, July 8, 1872, where he resided till he was 6 years old, when his parents removed to Centerville, which has since been his home. His initial education was received in the public schools of Centerville, after which he attended Parsons college at Fairfield, finishing with a year in the St. Louis law school. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1894, and entered into the partnership of Porter & Porter, which still exists. He was elected to his present office by the democrats and populists of Appanoose county, and was so strong a candidate that his majority was over a hundred over the republican nominee, while the majority on the state ticket was nearly 300 for Governor Drake. His majority was all the more remarkable that the county sent the man to be the state's chief executive. Mr. Porter is a bachelor, and a leading man in the Presbyterian church of his town. With Senator Healy and Representative Merriam, Mr. Porter was selected by the extra session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly to investigate state institutions, and with, them he has been engaged in that capacity during the entire fall months. The report of the committee will make these three able legislators all the more conspicuous in the coming session. Mr. Porter is especially interested in state institutions by reason of this investigation and will be anxious to see several changes made in general. Personally he has a host of warm friends in both parties, and his return to this term is a matter of genuine approval to all. Last term he served on the committees on code, judiciary, school and textbooks, compensation of public officers, military, College for the Blind, county and township organizations, and engrossed bills.

Appanoose county had the honor two years ago to send to the house the youngest member of the assembly. While he was the youngest in the matter of years he developed legislative qualities early in the session that were envied by older men. These qualities put him readily to the front on the minority side of the house, and he did effective work both in the regular and extra sessions. Hon. Claude R. Porter is a native Iowan, and the state has every reason to feel proud of its product. His birthplace was Moulton, July 8, 1872, where he resided till he was 6 years old, when his parents removed to Centerville, which has since been his home. His initial education was received in the public schools of Centerville, after which he attended Parsons college at Fairfield, finishing with a year in the St. Louis law school. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1894, and entered into the partnership of Porter & Porter, which still exists. He was elected to his present office by the democrats and populists of Appanoose county, and was so strong a candidate that his majority was over a hundred over the republican nominee, while the majority on the state ticket was nearly 300 for Governor Drake. His majority was all the more remarkable that the county sent the man to be the state's chief executive. Mr. Porter is a bachelor, and a leading man in the Presbyterian church of his town. With Senator Healy and Representative Merriam, Mr. Porter was selected by the extra session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly to investigate state institutions, and with, them he has been engaged in that capacity during the entire fall months. The report of the committee will make these three able legislators all the more conspicuous in the coming session. Mr. Porter is especially interested in state institutions by reason of this investigation and will be anxious to see several changes made in general. Personally he has a host of warm friends in both parties, and his return to this term is a matter of genuine approval to all. Last term he served on the committees on code, judiciary, school and textbooks, compensation of public officers, military, College for the Blind, county and township organizations, and engrossed bills.

The youngest member of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly is the young Democrat, Claude R. Porter, who represents Appanoose county. He was born at Moulton, Iowa, July 8, 1872. He lived at Moulton till 1878, and has been a resident of Centerville ever since. After graduating from the Centerville high school he spent a year at Parsons College, then another at the St. Louis Law School. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1894, and became the junior member of the law firm of Porter & Porter. He belongs to the Presbyterian church and is superintendent of the Sunday school. He is unmarried. This fall he was supported by the Democrats and the Populists for the position to which he has been elected, Although General Drake comes from Appanoose county, Mr. Porter was such a strong candidate that he was elected by a majority of over 100 over the Republican nominee, whereas the Republican majority on the state ticket was in the neighborhood of 300.