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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganAllen POTTER
(1818-1885)
POTTER, Allen, a
Representative from Michigan; born in Galloway, Saratoga County,
N.Y., October 2, 1818; attended the common schools; moved to
Adrian, Mich., in 1830 and to Jonesville, Mich., in 1838; learned
the trade of tinsmith; moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1845 and
engaged in the retail hardware business until 1858, when he engaged
in banking and in the manufacture of gas; member of the State house
of representatives in 1857; president of the village council in
1859, 1863, 1870, and again in 1872; elected a member of the board
of education in 1867, 1869, and 1871, serving as president in 1869;
member of the board of water commissioners in 1872; unsuccessful
Liberal candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4,
1875-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for reelection in 1876;
resumed banking activities; also financially interested in
railroads and Colorado mining enterprises; member of the sewer
commission 1880-1883; elected as the first mayor of Kalamazoo, in
1884; treasurer of the State asylum for the insane; died in
Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8, 1885; interment in the City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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