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John Clinton Porter (April 4, 1871 – May 27, 1959) was a U.S.
political figure
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. The ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' wrote that he represented a "unique mixture of reform politics and xenophobic Protestant populism
hat
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took him quite literally from the junk yard to City Hall." Porter was a member of the
Ku Klux Klan during its popular resurgence in the early 1920s.
Biography
He was born on April 4, 1871, in
Leon, Iowa
Leon is a city in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,822 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Decatur County.
The city is located near the Little River Lake Recreation Area. Leon is home to a major rod ...
to Reverend Josephus Clinton Porter and Mathilda Catherine Gardner.
He served as the 33rd
mayor of Los Angeles between 1929 and 1933 when he replaced
George Edward Cryer. He survived a
recall election
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in 1932.
He 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
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on May 27, 1959. He was buried at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
Further reading
*''Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938'', Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)
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References
1871 births
1959 deaths
Mayors of Los Angeles
People from Leon, Iowa
American Ku Klux Klan members
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
California Democrats
Ku Klux Klan in California
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