About John T. Potts
Lived 1841 – 1923 (aged 82). John T. Potts was an American politician.
John Templin Potts (February 28, 1841 – March 25, 1923) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1881 to 1884.
Early life John Templin Potts was born on February 28, 1841, in Buckingham County, Virginia. His father had large land interests in the area. He attended Pottstown and Pottsville Academies in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Career In 1861, Potts served as a private in Company C of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He was then a second lieutenant in Company A of the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment from 1861 to 1863. In the late 1860s, he was treasurer of Chester County in 1868.
Potts worked in iron manufacturing and as a farmer. In 1883, he ran for Pennsylvania Auditor General, but lost to Jerome B. Niles. He lived at Warwick Furnace Farms in Chester County.
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American politician (1841–1923)
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John T. Potts died on 25 March 1923.
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