Emery D. Potter

Emery D. Potter (1872)

Emery Davis Potter (born October 7, 1804 in Providence , Rhode Island , †  February 12, 1896 in Toledo , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1843 and 1845 and again from 1849 to 1851 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Emery Potter attended the local county school and a school in Herkimer County, New York State . After studying law in Cooperstown and being admitted to the bar in 1833, he began to work there in his profession. In 1834, he moved his residence and law firm to Toledo, Ohio. He subsequently became a judge for the northern districts of this state. Between 1834 and 1843 he was also the presiding judge on the Court of Appeal in Ohio's 13th Judicial District. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1842 Potter was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded William Doan on March 4, 1843 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1844, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1845 . This period was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

Emery Potter served as Mayor of Toledo from 1846 to 1848. He was also a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1848 to 1850 . In the elections of 1848 he was re-elected to Congress in the fifth district of his state, where he replaced William Sawyer on March 4, 1849 , who had been his successor there four years earlier. Since he was no longer running in 1850, he was only able to spend one legislative period in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1851. During this time he was Chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads . This time was dominated by the discussions about the question of slavery . In 1850 the of was Senator Henry Clay introduced Compromise of 1850 passed.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Emery Potter practiced as a lawyer again. He turned down a proposed judge's position in the Utah Territory . In 1861 and 1862 he was the legal representative of the city of Toledo. From 1864 to 1865 he was a member of the local education committee. Between 1874 and 1876, Emery Potter sat in the Ohio Senate , of which he was president at the time. In 1880 he retired. He died in Toledo on February 12, 1896.

Fonts

• Ode to my pipe, 1905, with illustrations by Ludwig Bang

Web links

Commons : Emery D. Potter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Emery D. Potter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Emery D. Potter in the database of Find a Grave (English)