Porter J. McCumber
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Porter James McCumber was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and of the League of Nations.
McCumber, c. 1915–1920
Porter J. McCumber, U.S. Senator from North Dakota
Grave of McCumber and his wife at Columbia Gardens Cemetery
Fordney–McCumber Tariff
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The Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922 was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods to protect factories and farms. The US Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tarif
Porter J. McCumber
…on Finance (Sixty-seventh Congress). In 1905, McCumber was an ardent advocate of a pure food law. One of his main legislative accomplishments was the Fordney–McCumber Tariff Act of 1922. In his position on the Pension Committee, he was part of the interrogation of Colonel W.S. Metcalfe on the alleged shooting of unarmed…
Joseph W. Fordney