David M. Potts

David Matthew Potts ( born March 12, 1906 in New York City; † September 11, 1976 in Bronxville, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1947 and 1949 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Matthew Potts, he attended public schools. Between 1927 and 1929 he went to the City College of New York. He graduated in 1932 at the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University. After obtaining his license to practice law in 1933, he began practicing in New York City. In 1945 he was Counsel in the New York Senate Committee on Affairs of New York City. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1946, for the 80th Congress Potts 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 Peter A. Quinn on January 4, 1947. He suffered in his renewed candidacy in 1948 a defeat and retired after January 3, 1949, the Congress of.

After his conference time he went back to his work as a lawyer after. Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed him to the guardianship and estate judge in Bronx County - a post he held from November 1951 to January 1953. In June 1953, he served as the special guest referee in the Appellate Division, First Department, New York Supreme Court operates. Then he was a senior partner at Kadel, Wilson & Potts. He held the post until his death on September 11, 1976 in Bronxville. His body was then buried in Ferncliff Mausoleum in Hartsdale.