Emery D. Potter Sr. | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | |
| Preceded by | William Doan |
| Succeeded by | William Sawyer |
| In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | William Sawyer |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Edgerton |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from theLucas County district | |
| In office December 6, 1847 – December 3, 1848 | |
| Preceded by | John McMahan |
| Succeeded by | Freeborn Potter |
| Member of theOhio Senate from the 33rd district | |
| In office January 5, 1874 – January 6, 1878 Serving with William A. Tressler P. P. Brown | |
| Preceded by | D. W. H. Howard H. P. Cage |
| Succeeded by | James B. Steedman David Joy |
| 7th Mayor of Toledo, Ohio | |
| In office 1846–1849 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Mott |
| Succeeded by | Daniel O. Morton |
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| Born | Emery Davis Potter, Sr. (1804-10-07)October 7, 1804 |
| Died | February 12, 1896(1896-02-12) (aged 91) |
| Resting place | Forest Cemetery, Toledo |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary A. Card Anna B. Milliken |
| Children | two |
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Emery Davis Potter (October 7, 1804 – February 12, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as aU.S. Representative fromOhio in the mid-19th century.
Born inProvidence, Rhode Island, Potter attended the district school and the academy inHerkimer County, New York.He studied law inCooperstown, New York withJohn Adams Dix, later a senator and governor.[1]
He was admitted to the New York State bar at Utica in 1833 and commenced practice inCooperstown, New York.He moved toToledo, Ohio, in 1834 and continued the practice of law, opening the first office in that city.[2]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.
Potter was elected as aDemocrat to theTwenty-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 theThirty-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.
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.
He died in Toledo, Ohio, February 12, 1896.He was interred in Forest Cemetery.
Potter was married in 1843 to Mary A Card ofWilloughby, Ohio who died in 1847, and left a son, Emery D. Potter, Jr. He later married Anna B. Milliken ofPennsylvania, who had a daughter called Anna Claire Potter.[1] He was six feet two inches tall (1.88 m), and of large frame.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 5th congressional district 1849–1851 | Succeeded by |
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