Porter Steele (December 12, 1880–December 20, 1966) was an American lawyer and musician, known as the composer of the march and later jazz standard "High Society".
He was born in Natchez, Mississippi, the son of Hiram Roswell Steele (1842–1929), who was Attorney General of Louisiana (1875-77) before moving to Natchez and then Brooklyn where he continued to practice as a lawyer.
Porter Steele studied law at Yale University, graduating in 1902.
[1] After his death in South Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1966 at the age of 86, his newspaper obituary stated that "he had done a considerable amount of composing both before and after his college days", and that after his retirement he devoted his time to "his avocations of music, farming and other activities".
[1] This article about a United States composer born in the 19th century is a stub.