Porter Sheldon

Who was Porter Sheldon?

Porter Sheldon was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Victor, New York, Sheldon completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 at Batavia, New York, and commenced practice in Randolph, New York. He moved to Rockford, Illinois, in 1857 and continued the practice of law. He served as member of the Illinois constitutional convention in 1861. He returned to Jamestown, New York, in 1865 and continued the practice of law.

Sheldon was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1870. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Jamestown, New York, on August 15, 1908. He was interred in Lakeview Cemetery. His home, the Partridge-Sheldon House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.