The Potters of Rhode Island
- Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764–1835), Rhode Island State Representative 1793-1796 1798-1808 1816-1817 1819-1835, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1796-1797 1809-1815. Father of Elisha R. Potter.
- Elisha R. Potter (1811–1882), Adjutant General of Rhode Island 1835-1836, Rhode Island State Representative 1838-1840, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1843-1845, Rhode Island State Senator 1847-1852 1861-1863, Rhode Island Commissioner of Public Schools 1849-1854, Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1868-1882. Son of Elisha Reynolds Potter.
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