With Porter 's term set to expire in another two days , President Benjamin Harrison appointed Joseph Henry Kibbey to be his replacement on August 5 , 1889 . After leaving the bench , Porter remained in Phoenix and practiced law . He requested to return to the Arizona bench after the resignation of Chief Justice Henry C. Gooding in May 1893 and in September 1893 as a replacement for Richard Elihu Sloan . Several years later , Porter moved back to Santa Rosa , California . He became seriously ill in the early 1900s but recovered partially . The 1906 San Francisco earthquake troubled him greatly and was listed as a contributing factor on his death certificate . Porter died in Santa Rosa on January 17 , 1909 . He was buried in Santa Rosa 's Rural Cemetery
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
William Wood Porter