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Potter, Elisha Reynolds (Lawyer state legislator)

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.