Role U.S. representative Resigned January 3, 1969 Name Porter Jr. | Profession businessman Party Democratic Party Political party Democratic Education Harvard University Resting place Virginia Beach | |
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Born June 1, 1903
Bon Air, Virginia ( 1903-06-01 ) Alma mater Randolph-Macon College (B.A.)
Harvard University (M.B.A.) Died April 19, 1995, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States | ||
Preceded by Ralph Hunter Daughton Succeeded by G. William Whitehurst | ||
Porter Hardy Jr. (June 1, 1903 – April 19, 1995) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
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Born in Bon Air, Virginia, Hardy attended public schools and Randolph-Macon Academy, Bedford, Virginia. He graduated from Boykins High School in 1918, and from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, in 1922. He then attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University in 1923 and 1924. After completing his education, Hardy was employed as an accountant and warehouse manager in New York City and Norfolk, Virginia from 1924 to 1927. He then became a wholesaler of electrical equipment in Salisbury, Maryland from 1927 to 1932, before moving to Churchland, Virginia, in 1932, to engage in agricultural pursuits.
Hardy was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress, instead pursuing a career as a director of Dominion Bankshares Corporation and other Virginia financial institutions.
He died April 19, 1995, and was interment in Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Virginia.