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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, 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, 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, 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.