Clarkson Nott Potter (April 25, 1825 – January 23, 1882) was a New York attorney and politician who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, then again from 1877 to 1879. Edward Tuckerman Potter, an architect who designed the Nott Memorial at Union College, Henry Codman Potter, who succeeded Horatio Potter as Bishop of New York in 1887, Eliphalet Nott Potter, who served as President of Union College and Hobart College, and William Appleton Potter (1842–1909), also an architect who designed the Church of the Presidents in Elberon, New Jersey.

His mother was the only daughter of Eliphalet Nott, who served as the longtime president of Union College.

From 1863 to 1882, Potter was a trustee of Union College.

Personal life

In 1851, Potter was married to Virginia Mitchell (1827–1890) of Philadelphia, the daughter of Matthew and Louisa (née Kidd) Mitchell. The Potters owned a country house, known as "Nutwood", two miles from Trinity Church in New Rochelle, overlooking the Long Island Sound.

  • Maria Louisa Potter (1855–1882), who married Joseph Leslie Cotton of Boston in 1881. After her death, her widower remarried to the artist Mariette Leslie Cotton.
  • Virginia Potter (1857–1937), who did not marry, founded several independent hotels for women in New York.
  • Howard Nott Potter (1859–1937), an architect known for his design of churches. He married his first cousin, Helen Potter, the daughter of fellow architect Edward Tuckerman Potter.
  • Eleanor Potter (b. ).

Potter died in New York City on January 23, 1882. After a funeral at Grace Church in New Rochelle, he was buried at Vale Cemetery in Schenectady.

See also

  • List of United States representatives from New York

References

  • Clarkson Nott Potter entry at The Political Graveyard