from the Drake University Law School in 1910, and gained admission to the bar in Idaho that same year.
[2] On February 1, 1937, Porter was appointed to a seat on the 11th Judicial District of Idaho at Twin Falls.
[1] In January 1959, Porter became chief justice by operation of law, due to having the shortest time remaining in his term among elected members of the court.
[2][3] Porter married his wife Birdie, with whom he had a son; she died in January 1957 at age 66, following a lengthy illness.
[4] Nearly three years later, Porter died at St. Luke's hospital in Boise at age 72, a week after having fallen and fractured his hip;[1] he was buried next to his wife at the Twin Falls cemetery.