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American politician

Emery D. Potter Sr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byWilliam Doan
Succeeded byWilliam Sawyer
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byWilliam Sawyer
Succeeded byAlfred Edgerton
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Lucas County district
In office
December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848
Preceded byJohn McMahan
Succeeded byFreeborn Potter
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 33rd district
In office
January 5, 1874 – January 6, 1878Serving with William A. Tressler
P. P. Brown
Preceded byD. W. H. Howard
H. P. Cage
Succeeded byJames B. Steedman
David Joy
7th Mayor of Toledo, Ohio
In office
1846–1849
Preceded byRichard Mott
Succeeded byDaniel O. Morton
Personal details
BornEmery Davis Potter, Sr.
(1804-10-07)October 7, 1804
Providence, Rhode Island
DiedFebruary 12, 1896(1896-02-12) (aged 91)
Toledo, Ohio
Resting placeForest Cemetery, Toledo
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Mary A. Card
Anna B. Milliken
Childrentwo
Signature

Emery Davis Potter (October 7, 1804 – February 12, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the mid-19th century.

Biography

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Potter attended the district school and the academy in Herkimer County, New York. He studied law in Cooperstown, New York with John Adams Dix, later a senator and governor.

Legal career

He was admitted to the New York State bar at Utica in 1833 and commenced practice in Cooperstown, New York. He moved to Toledo, Ohio, in 1834 and continued the practice of law, opening the first office in that city. He served as judge of the circuit court for the northern counties of Ohio. He served as president judge of the court of common pleas from 1834 to 1843, when he resigned.

Congress

Potter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. He was not a candidate for renomination. He served as mayor of Toledo from 1846 to 1848. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1848 to 1850.

Potter was elected to the Thirty-first Congress from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. He served as chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination.

Later career

He resumed the practice of law in Toledo. He declined the appointment of judge of the Territory of Utah in 1858. City solicitor of Toledo in 1861 and 1862. He served as member of the board of education in 1864 and 1865. He served as member of the State senate from 1874 to 1876 and served as president. He retired from active practice in 1880.

Death

He died in Toledo, Ohio, February 12, 1896. He was interred in Forest Cemetery.

Private life

Potter was married in 1843 to Mary A Card of Willoughby, Ohio who died in 1847, and left a son, Emery D. Potter, Jr. He later married Anna B. Milliken of Pennsylvania, who had a daughter called Anna Claire Potter. He was six feet two inches tall (1.88 m), and of large frame.

Sources

  1. ^ Reed 1897 : 176–177
  2. Knapp 1872 : 285–288

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byWilliam Doan Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 5th congressional district
1843–1845 		Succeeded byWilliam Sawyer
Preceded byWilliam Sawyer Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 5th congressional district
1849–1851 		Succeeded byAlfred Edgerton
Mayors of Toledo, Ohio
  1. John Berdan
  2. Hezekiah D. Mason
  3. Myron H. Tilden
  4. James Myers
  5. George B. Way
  6. Richard Mott
  7. Emery D. Potter
  8. Daniel O. Morton
  9. Caleb F. Abbott
  10. Charles M. Dorr
  11. Daniel McBain
  12. Egbert B. Brown
  13. Ira L. Clark
  14. Mavor Brigham
  15. Charles M. Dorr
  16. Alexander Brownlee
  17. Alexander H. Newcomb
  18. Isaac R. Sherwood
  19. John Manor
  20. Charles M. Dorr
  21. Charles A. King
  22. William Kraus
  23. William W. Jones
  24. Guido Marx
  25. William W. Jones
  26. Jacob Romeis
  27. George W. Scheets
  28. Samuel F. Forbes
  29. James Kent Hamilton
  30. Vincent J. Emmick
  31. Guy G. Major
  32. Samuel M. Jones
  33. Robert H. Finch
  34. Brand Whitlock
  35. Carl Henry Keller
  36. Charles M. Milroy
  37. Cornell Schreiber
  38. Bernard F. Brough
  39. Fred J. Mery
  40. William T. Jackson
  41. Addison Q. Thacher
  42. Solon T. Klotz
  43. Roy C. Start
  44. John Q. Carey
  45. Lloyd Emerson Roulet
  46. Michael DiSalle
  47. Ollie Czelusta
  48. Lloyd Emerson Roulet
  49. Ollie Czelusta
  50. John W. Yager
  51. Michael J. Damas
  52. John William Potter
  53. William J. Ensign
  54. Harry W. Kessler
  55. Douglas DeGood
  56. Donna Owens
  57. John McHugh
  58. Carty Finkbeiner
  59. Jack Ford
  60. Carty Finkbeiner
  61. Michael Bell
  62. D. Michael Collins
  63. Paula Hicks-Hudson
  64. Wade Kapszukiewicz
Chairs of the United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
Post Office and Post Roads
(1808–1947)		 Seal of the United States House of Representatives
(Reform in the) Civil Service*
(1893–1947)
Post Office and Civil Service
(1947–1995)
NoteName shortened from Reform in the Civil Service to Civil Service in 1925.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district
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