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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WisconsinJohn Fox POTTER
(1817-1899)
POTTER, John Fox, a
Representative from Wisconsin; born in Augusta, Maine, May 11,
1817; attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy,
Exeter, N.H.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and
commenced practice in East Troy, Wis.; judge of Walworth County
1842-1846; member of the State assembly in 1856; delegate to the
Whig National Conventions in 1852 and 1856 and to the Republican
National Conventions in 1860 and 1864; elected as a Republican to
the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses
(March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary
Pensions (Thirty-sixth Congress), Committee on Public Lands
(Thirty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; consul general of the United
States to the British Provinces in North America from 1863 to 1866,
residing in Montreal, Canada; practiced law in East Troy, Wis., and
died there May 18, 1899; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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