David Potts, Jr.

David Potts, Jr. ( born November 27, 1794 in Warwick, Chester County, Pennsylvania, † June 1, 1863 ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1839 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Potts attended the public schools in Pottstown near his birthplace, Warwick. He then worked in Warwick in working iron. He rose to become owner of a Eisenschmelzerei. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1824 and 1826, he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the short-lived Anti- Masonic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1830 Potts was in the fourth electoral district of the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Gray Leiper on March 4, 1831. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1839 four legislative sessions. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

In 1838 David Potts gave up another Congress candidate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he took his previous activities on again. He died on 1 June 1863 in Warwick.