He was an Attorney and District Compensation Officer for the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Syracuse from 1935 to 1938.
He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of New York from 1943 to 1951.
He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York from 1951 to 1953.
[1] Port was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 30, 1964, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York vacated by Judge Stephen W. Brennan.
His service was terminated on March 2, 1986, due to his death in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.