# Alpheus Potts

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**Alpheus Potts** (January 6, 1838 – February 22, 1911) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from New York.

## Life

Potts was born on January 6, 1838, in [Bethel, New York](/source/Bethel,_New_York). He attended the Liberty Normal Institute.[1] His parents were Samuel Potts and Louisa DuBron.[2]

Originally engaged in agriculture, he later became a practicing lawyer in [Jeffersonville](/source/Jeffersonville,_New_York). In 1871, he was elected [District Attorney](/source/District_attorney).[1] He also served as [town supervisor](/source/Town_supervisor) for [Callicoon](/source/Callicoon,_New_York).[3]

In 1879, Potts was elected to the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), representing [Sullivan County](/source/Sullivan_County,_New_York). He served in the Assembly in [1880](/source/103rd_New_York_State_Legislature).[1] In the [1896 presidential election](/source/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_York), he was a [presidential elector](/source/United_States_Electoral_College) for [William McKinley](/source/William_McKinley) and [Garret Hobart](/source/Garret_Hobart).[4]

In 1881, [New York Governor](/source/Governor_of_New_York) [Alonzo B. Cornell](/source/Alonzo_B._Cornell) appointed Potts [County Judge](/source/County_judge) of Sullivan County after his predecessor, [William L. Thornton](/source/William_L._Thornton), was declared ineligible.

Potts died at home on February 22, 1911. His son Theron, prominent in education circles, was in Puerto Rico at the time and the funeral was delayed until he could return. After arriving in Jeffersonville, he got sick and died during his father's funeral.[5] Potts was buried in the [Methodist Episcopal](/source/Methodist_Episcopal_Church) cemetery.[6]

## References

1. [*The Argus Almanac: A Political and Financial Annual For 1880*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aMMWAAAAYAAJ). Albany: The Argus Company. 1880. p. 95.

1. Potts, Thomas Maxwell (1901). [*Historical Collections Relating to the Potts Family in Great Britain and America*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UusaAAAAYAAJ). Canonsburg, PA: Thomas Maxwell Potts. p. 189.

1. Quinlan, James Eldridge (1873). [*History of Sullivan County*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ytbiAAAAMAAJ). Liberty, N.Y.: G. M. Beebe & W. T. Morgans. p. 181.

1. [*Proceedings of the Electoral College of the State of New York, January 11th, 1897*](http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu54374480). Albany. 1897. p. 29. [hdl:2027/nnc1.cu54374480](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu54374480)

1. ["Dies as Father is Buried"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/04/09/104861345.html?zoom=16.81). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Vol. LX, no. 19,433. 9 April 1911. p. 10C.

1. ["Funeral of Judge Potts"](https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Jeffersonville%20NY%20Sullivan%20County%20Record/Jeffersonville%20NY%20Sullivan%20County%20Record%201910%20Apr-Oct%201911/Jeffersonville%20NY%20Sullivan%20County%20Record%201910%20Apr-Oct%201911%2000316.pdf). *Sullivan County Record*. Vol. 43, no. 42. 2 March 1911. p. 1.

## External links

- *[The Political Graveyard](https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#624.69.98)*
- [Alpheus Potts](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75364441) at *[Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)*

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