John Clinton Porter

For other persons with this name, see John Porter (disambiguation).

John C. Porter, 1931, at right

John Clinton Porter, born in Leon, Iowa (April 4, c. 1872 – May 27, 1959) was a U.S. political figure.

He served as the 33rd Mayor of Los Angeles between 1929 and 1933, and ran for re-election twice more but was defeated in 1933 by Frank L. Shaw and in 1941 by Fletcher Bowron. He died of a heart and lung condition in Los Angeles, California in 1959, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

Prior History

Porter was a senior member of the Ku Klux Klan during its popular resurgence in the early 1920s [1]

References

• Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/2000-2/klan.htm

External links

• John Clinton Porter at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by George E. Cryer	Mayor of Los Angeles, California 1929—1933	Succeeded by Frank L. Shaw