Orlando B. Potter

Orlando Bronson Potter (born March 10, 1823 in Charlemont , Massachusetts , † January 2, 1894 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orlando Bronson Potter attended the District School, Williams College in Williamstown, and Dane Law School in Cambridge . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and then began practicing in Boston . He also worked as a manufacturer. In 1853 he moved to New York, where he worked in agriculture. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

His candidacy for the 46th Congress in 1878 was unsuccessful. In the 1882 congressional elections for the 48th Congress , Potter was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eleventh constituency of New York , where he succeeded Roswell P. Flower on March 4, 1883 . Since he on a run again in 1884 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1885 Congress of.

In 1884, Potter purchased an office building that would later become today's Empire Building . Between 1890 and 1894 he was a member of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York City. He died there on January 2, 1894 and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn .

Web links

• Orlando B. Potter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)