Robert Potter (politician)

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Robert Potter

Robert Potter (* around 1800 near Williamsboro , Granville County , North Carolina , †  March 2, 1842 near Marshall , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The exact date of birth of Robert Potter is unknown. He attended public schools in his home country and then served as a midshipman in the US Navy between 1815 and 1821 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession in Halifax . At the same time he embarked on a political career. Potter was a supporter of the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him in 1828 . Between 1826 and 1828 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina . In 1827 he moved his residence and law firm to Oxford .

In the congressional elections of 1828 Potter was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Daniel Turner on March 4, 1829 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation in November 1831 . During those years there was heated discussion of the policy of President Andrew Jackson, who has also been in office since 1829. Potter's resignation was the result of a scandal. He attacked and seriously injured two men who are said to have had a relationship with his wife. He was then sentenced to six months in prison. In 1834, he was re-elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. There he was excluded because of the incident mentioned. He then moved to Texas, which was then still a Mexican province.

In Texas, he settled on a farm near Marshall in Harrison County . On March 2, 1836, he was a member of the assembly that proclaimed Texas independence. During the Texan Revolution that followed, he was Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet of the Interim President of the Republic of Texas , David G. Burnet . Between 1837 and 1841 he represented the Red River District in the Texas House of Representatives . Robert Potter took part in a local feud in his homeland, known as the Regulator-Moderator War , in 1842 and was killed by his opponents in the vicinity of his property. He was later buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin . The Potter County , Texas was named after him.

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SURNAME Potter, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH near Williamsboro , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1842
Place of death near Marshall , Texas