William Wilson Potter (December 18, 1792 – October 28, 1839) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
William W. Potter was born atPotters Mills, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies inBellefonte, Pennsylvania, and graduated fromDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and practiced his profession.
Potter was elected as aDemocrat to theTwenty-fifth andTwenty-sixth Congresses and served until his death, before the assembling of the Twenty-sixth Congress, in Bellefonte. Interment inUnion Cemetery in Bellefonte.
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