{{Short description|American politician (born 1935)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Cloyd A. Porter | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | constituency = 66th district | term_start = January 7, 1985 | term_end = January 1, 2001 | predecessor = Steven M. Foti | successor = Samantha Kerkman | constituency1 = 22nd district | term_start1 = January 3, 1983 | term_end1 = January 7, 1985 | predecessor1 = George Klicka | successor1 = Jeannette Bell | constituency2 = 43rd district | term_start2 = January 1, 1973 | term_end2 = January 3, 1983 | predecessor2 = ''District established'' | successor2 = Barbara Gronemus | party = Republican | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|5|22}}{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} | birth_place = Huntley, Illinois | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | profession = Politician | spouse = Joan | children = 4 | website = }} '''Cloyd A. Porter''' (born May 22, 1935) is a retired American Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for 28 years (1973–2001), representing Burlington, Wisconsin, and nearby towns in eastern Walworth County and western Racine and Kenosha counties.
==Biography== Porter was born on in Huntley, Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2016&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=P|title=Porter, Cloyd A. 1935|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate= June 19, 2013}}</ref> He graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. Porter is married with four adult children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/99bb/ch1c.pdf|title=Members of State Legislature|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book|accessdate=2013-06-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109060742/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/99bb/ch1c.pdf|archivedate=2013-11-09}}</ref>
==Career== Porter had a career in the trucking business before seeking elected office.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} He served a short time as Burlington Town Chairman before being elected to the Assembly in 1972. He announced his retirement in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://journaltimes.com/gop-fixture-porter-announces-legislative-retirement/article_12567b6b-c50b-55d1-89d6-162f817e5f28.html |title= GOP fixture Porter announces legislative retirement |author= Pete Wicklund|publisher=Racine Journal Times |date= 2000-05-26 |accessdate= 2019-02-10}}</ref>
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