Emory B. Pottle

Emory Bemsley Pottle ( born July 4, 1815 in Naples, New York, † April 18, 1891 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1857 and 1861 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Emory Bemsley Pottle was born after the end of the British -American War in Ontario County. He went to Penn Yan Academy after Yates County Classic Classical Studies. Then he studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1838 in New York City, he began to practice in Springfield in Clark County ( Ohio). He returned to Naples, where he continued his activities as a lawyer. In 1847 he sat in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1856 for the 35th Congress Pottle was in the 26th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Andrew Oliver on March 4, 1857. He was re-elected once and then retired after March 3, 1861 the Congress of. About a month later, the Civil War broke out.

After his conference time he practiced as a lawyer again. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to the Commission, which drew up a draft law for a tariff on wool. He died on April 18, 1891 in Naples. His body was then buried in the Rose Ridge Cemetery.