[4] Porter was appointed to the supreme court by governor Edward W. Hoch to fill the position vacated by the resignation of William Redwood Smith who left to become general counsel of the Santa Fe railroad.

[5] His long service to the court meant that his name was not just known within Kansas but also he was recognized as a prominent justice across the United States.

[7] In 1922, Porter lost in the primary for the republican ticket for another term on the supreme court to Richard Joseph Hopkins, the then current attorney general who achieved over 52% of the vote.

[8] After his supreme court service he went on to be appointed the referee of bankruptcy in March 1923, and at the same time moved to Topeka, Kansas officially even though he has been residing there for many years.

[9] He died May 17, 1937, in the Kansas state hospital after a long illness, and he was survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter.