David M. Potts (politician)

David M. Potts

David Matthew Potts (born March 12, 1906 in New York City , † September 11, 1976 in Bronxville , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1947 and 1949 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Matthew Potts attended public schools. Between 1927 and 1929 he went to the City College of New York . He graduated in 1932 at the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University . After receiving his bar license in 1933, he began practicing in New York City. In 1945 he was Counsel on the New York Senate Committee on Affairs of New York City. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1946 congressional election for the 80th Congress , Potts was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Peter A. Quinn on January 4, 1947 . He suffered in his renewed candidacy in 1948 a defeat and withdrew from the after January 3, 1949 Congress of.

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer. Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed him guardianship and probate judge in Bronx County - a post he held from November 1951 to January 1953. In June 1953 he was a special referee in the Appellate Division in the First Department of the New York Supreme Court . Then he became a senior partner at Kadel, Wilson & Potts . He held the post in Bronxville until his death on September 11, 1976. His body was then interred in the Ferncliff Mausoleum in Hartsdale .

Web links

• David M. Potts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David M. Potts in the database of Find a Grave (English)