| 词条 | Elisha Reynolds Potter |
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| name = Elisha Reynolds Potter | image name = Elisha Reynolds Potter 1764-1835.jpg |birth_name= | birth_date = November 5, 1764 | birth_place = South Kingstown, Rhode Island | death_date = {{death date and age|1835|9|26|1764|11|5}} | death_place = | state = Rhode Island | district = at-large | term_start = November 15, 1796 | term_end = 1797 | preceded = Benjamin Bourne | succeeded = Christopher G. Champlin | state2 = Rhode Island | district2 = at-large | term_start2 = March 4, 1809 | term_end2 = March 3, 1815 | preceded2 = Isaac Wilbour | succeeded2 = James Brown Mason | party = Federalist | spouse = Mary Potter | occupation = Lawyer | children = Elisha R. Potter | religion = | resting_place = Colonel Thomas Potter Cemetery | residence = Kingston, Rhode Island }} Elisha Reynolds Potter (November 5, 1764 – September 26, 1835) was a statesman in the Federalist Party from Kingston, Rhode Island, who served several times as the Speaker in the Rhode Island State Assembly. Personal lifeElisha Reynolds Potter was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. He began his career as a blacksmith's apprentice, but switched to the law in 1793. Potter was said to be a very large man; when he traveled by stagecoach, he had to purchase two seats. CareerPotter ran against Peleg Arnold in a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1796 caused by Benjamin Bourne's resignation, and Potter won the election. He served as a United States Congressman from 1796 to 1797 and again from 1809 to 1815.[1] He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.[2] Potter ran for governor of Rhode Island in 1818, but lost to Nehemiah R. Knight. His son, also Elisha Reynolds Potter, was also a Congressman. Elisha Reynolds Potter is buried in Colonel Thomas Potter Cemetery near Kingston, Rhode Island.[3] See also
External links{{CongBio|P000463}}References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss629-2.htm |title= Guide to the Elisha Reynolds Potter, Sr. Papers | publisher= University of Rhode Island |accessdate=22 Nov 2011}} 2. ^American Antiquarian Society Members Directory 3. ^https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1982236/colonel-thomas-potter-cemetery }}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{succession box | before=Benjamin Bourne | title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's At-large district | years=1796—1797 | after=Christopher G. Champlin}}{{succession box | before=Isaac Wilbour | title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's At-large district | years=1809—1815 | after=James B. Mason}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Potter, Elisha Reynolds}}{{RhodeIsland-politician-stub}} 7 : 1764 births|1835 deaths|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island|People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island|Rhode Island Federalists|Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Members of the American Antiquarian Society |
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