Porter 's wife had died in 1875 , and on January 5 , 1881 , he remarried to Cornela Stone . The marriage was brief , and she died in 1886 . His party attempted to nominate him to run for governor again 1888 , but he declined . He did serve as a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention where he delivered a speech and nominated his old law partner Benjamin Harrison to run for president . Harrison won the nomination and campaign and appointed Porter as Minister to Italy in 1889 . During his time there , he oversaw negotiations with Italy concerning the lynching of eleven Italians in 1891 , following a highly publicized murder trial in New Orleans
1888 Republican National Convention
1888 Republican National Convention
Albert G. Porter