About David Potts, Jr.
Lived 1794 – 1863 (aged 68). David Potts, Jr. was an American politician and metallurgist.
David Potts Jr. (November 27, 1794 – June 1, 1863) was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography Potts was born at Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania, about eight miles from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He became an ironmaster, and owner and manager of Warwick Furnace. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1824 to 1826.
He was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838. Potts resumed his former business pursuits, and died at Warwick Furnace. Interment in Coventry Cemetery near Warwick.
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American politician
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David Potts, Jr. was born on 27 November 1794.
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David Potts, Jr. died on 1 June 1863.
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David Potts, Jr. was a politician and metallurgist.
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David Potts, Jr. was American.
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