Ebenezer F. Porter
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Ebenezer F. Porter was a lumber businessman and state legislator in Kansas. He was a Republican. He served in the Kansas Senate from 1901-1915. He was a Republican. He lived in Pittsburg, Kansas and managed a lumber company. His father John T. Porter owned a Republican newspaper in West Florida.[1] Porter invested in land in Northwest Florida for his lumber business. He renamed Goodrange to Holt, Florida for one of his sons and tried to rename Holt, Florida for his other son Houston.[2] Porter sponsored legislation to eatablish a Manual Training Normal School in Pittsburg, Kansas and sypported appropriating funds for the college's Russ Hall. Porter Gall at what is now Pittsburg State University is named for him.[3]
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