Post, Waldron Kintzing – Pottier, Auguste
Post, Waldron Kintzing
lawyer, author, was born in 1868 in New York.
He is a lawyer of New York city; and the author of Harvard Stories.
Poston, Charles D
pioneer, congressman, was born April 20, 1825, in Hardin county, Ky. In 1854 he went to Arizona as the pioneer of silver mining enterprises in that territory; and on the organization of a territorial government for Arizona was appointed superintendent of Indian affairs for the territory. At the first election held he was elected the delegate from Arizona to the thirty-eighth congress, taking his seat at the second session.
Potter, Allen
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1818, in Saratoga county, N. Y. He served one term in the Michigan legislature. He subsequently turned his attention to banking, and became president of the National bank of Kalamazoo. He was elected president of the village in 1859, 1863, 1870 and 1872; president of the local board of education in 1870 and 1871; and was president of the Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad company. He was defeated for congress in 1872; and in 1874 was elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-fourth congress.
Potter, Alonzo
protestant episcopal bishop, author, was born July 6, 1800, in La Grange, N. Y. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania and an active promoter of educational movements. He was the author of The Principles of Science Applied to Domestic and Mechanic Arts; Religious Philosophy; Political Economy; and coauthor with G. B. Emerson of The School and the Schoolmaster. He died July 4, 1865, in San Francisco, Cal.
Potter, Butler Willis
soldier, lawyer, legislator, author, was born Feb. 18, 1843, in Colesville, N. Y. In 1868 he was admitted to the bar and soon after opened an office in Worcester, Mass. For three terms he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature; and was pointed ballot law commissioner of state of Massachusetts. He is the author of The Read and Roadside, a legal treatise. ap-
Potter, Charles Nelson
lawyer, legislator, was born Oct. 31, 1852, in Cooperstown, N. Y. For four years he was attorney general of Wyoming. In 1889 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention at Wyoming; and in 1894 was elected judge of the supreme court for a term of eight years.
Potter, Clarkson Nott
surveyor, lawyer, congressman, was born April 25, 1825, in Schenectady, N. Y. He was a surveyor in Wisconsin; studied law in that state, and after coming to the bar commenced the practice of his profession in New York city in 1847. In 1868 he was elected a representative from New York to the forty-first congress; and was reelected to the two succeeding congresses; and was also elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat. He died Jan. 23, 1882, in New York city.
Potter, Edward Eells
naval officer, was born May 9, 1833, in Medina, N.
Y. He was made commandant of the navy yard at League Island, Pa., in December, 1886, and now fills that place.
Potter, Eliphalet Nott
clergyman, educator, author, college president, was born Sept. 20, 1836, in Schenectady, N. Y.; and is a son of Bishop Alonzo Potter. In 1871 he was elected president of Union college; and in 1884 accepted the presidency of Hobart college, which he resigned in 1896. He is the author of Parochial Sermons; and Christian Evidences. was
Potter, Elisha Reynolds
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, born Nov. 5, 1764, in South Kingston, R.
I. In 1796 he was elected a representative in congress from Rhode Island to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the fifth congress. He was again a representative from 1809 to 1815; and was elected to the state legislature in 1793, and by semi-annual elections under the old charter system continued to serve until his death, excepting when in congress, and was five times elected speaker. He died Sept. 26, 1835, in Kingston, R. I.
Potter, Elisha Reynolds
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, author, was born June 20, 1811, in South Kingston, R. I. He was for several years a member of the Rhode Island state legislature; and was adjutant-general of the state in 1835 and 1836. He was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1843 to 1845; and was state commissioner of public schools from 1849 to 1854. He was subsequently chosen a judge of the supreme court of the state, and became chief justice. As an author he published Early History of Narragansett; Paper Money in Rhode Island; and valuable contributions on Suffrage and Public Schools. He died April 10, 1882, in South Kingston, R. I.
Potter, Emery D
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845, and again from 1849 to 1851. He was subsequently appointed United States judge for the territory of Utah.
Potter, Henry
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1765 in Granville county, N. C. In 1801 he was appointed United States judge of the fifth circuit; and in 1802 was made judge of the United States district court for the state of North Carolina, which position he held until his death. He died Dec. 20, 1857, in Fayetteville, N. Y.
Potter, Henry Codman
bishop, author, was born May 25, 1835, in Schenectady, N. Y. He is the sixth protestant episcopal bishop of New York, and prominent among broad church thinkers. He is the author of Sermons of the City; The Gates of the East; A Winter in Egypt and Syria; Sisterhoods and Deaconesses; and Waymarks.
Potter, Horatio
educator, bishop, was born Feb. 9, 1802, in Beekman, N. Y.
In 1833 he became rector of St. Peter's church, Albany, N. Y., and held that post till 1854, when he was consecrated provisional bishop of the diocese of New York. He died Jan. 2, 1887, in New York.
Potter, John Fox
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born May 11, 1817, in Augusta, Maine. He was a representative in the legislature of Wisconsin in 1856; and was a judge of Walworth county from 1842 to 1846. He was elected a representative from Wisconsin to the thirty-fifth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses. He was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861; and was appointed consul-general to British North America at Montreal.
Potter, Ludlow Day
clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 3, 1823, in New Providence, N. J. This eminent clergyman of the presbyterian church was for ten years professor in Glendale Female college, Ohio; and since 1865 has been its president.
Potter, Orlando Bronson
lawyer, manufacturer, congressman, was born March 10, 1823, in Charlemont, Mass. He matured and laid before Secretary Chase of the United States treasury, and President Lincoln, a plan for a national banking system; this plan was adopted, with a few slight modifications, and was the basis of the present national banking system of the country. He was elected a representative from New York to the fortyeighth congress as a union democrat. He died Jan. 2, 1894.
Potter, Platt
lawyer, jurist, author, was born April 6, 1800, in Galway, N. Y. He was a jurist of Schenectady, and the author of Potter's Dwarris; Treatise on Corporations; and Equity Jurisprudence. He died in 1891.
Potter, Pleasant J
banker, philanthropist, was born March 29, 1820, in Warren county, Ky. He has served as a member of the Kentucky legislature. He is president of the old banking house of P.
J. Potter and Company. He has been a liberal contributor to churches and schools; and Potter college for young ladies was named in his honor.
Potter, Robert
lawyer, state legislator, congressman. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1826; was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1829 to 1831; and was a second time in the legislature. He was killed in Texas.
Potter, Robert B
soldier, was born July 16, 1829, in Schenectady, N.
Y. He served through the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier and majorgeneral of volunteers. He died Feb. 18, 1887, in Newport, R. I.
Potter, Samuel John
state senator, was born June 29, 1739, in Kingston, R. I. He was at one time deputy governor; and in 1792 and 1796 was a presidential elector. He was a senator in congress from Rhode Island during the years 1803 and 1804. He died Sept. 6, 1808, in Washington, D. C.
Potter, Thomas J
railroad manager, was born Aug. 16, 1840, in Burlington, Iowa. In 1866 he was appointed agent of the same corporation at Burlington, Iowa. In 1873 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy company secured his services. He was first agent, then assistant superintendent, afterward general manager, and finally general manager and vice-president. He was chosen vice-president of the St. Louis and Keokuk, of the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City, of the Chicago and Iowa, of the Hannibal and St. Joseph, and of the Burlington and Missouri River roads, respectively.
He died March 9, 1888, in Washington, D. C.
Potter, William Bleecker
mining engineer, was born March 23, 1846, in Schenectady, N. Y. In 1871 he was called to the chair of mining and metallurgy at Washington university, St. Louis, Mo. In 1888 he was elected president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
Potter, William James
clergyman, author, was born in 1830 in Massachusetts. He was a unitarian clergyman of New Bedford for many years, prominent as a radical thinker; and the author of Twenty-Five Sermons of Twenty-Five Years; and Lectures and Sermons. He died in 1894.
Potter, William W
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1839. He died Oct. 28, 1839, in Bellefonte, Pa.
Pottier, Auguste
decorator, was born in 1823, in France. He has a large business in New York under the firm name of Pottier and Stymus, decorators and designers, which has proved to be a success.