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Clarkson N. Potter

Full Name: Clarkson Nott Potter

Civil Engineer/Lawyer/Politician

Centurion, 1857–1882

Proposed by
James P. Cronkhite
born April 25, 1824
Schenectady, New York
died January 23, 1882
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected March 7, 1857
Age thirty-two
Member portrait of Clarkson N. Potter
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 36
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Archivist’s Notes

Brother of Edward T. Potter, Henry Codman Potter, and Howard Potter; half-brother of William A. Potter; brother-in-law of Launt Thompson; grandfather of Clarkson N. Potter

Century Memorial

[T]he list of those deceased includes 12 names, those of the Rev. Henry W. Bellows, Gen’l J. G. Barnard, Henry Draper, Jonathan Edwards, Fred’k E. Gibert, Alexander L. Holley, Thos. Le Clear, Dr. Erskine Mason, Clarkson N. Potter, Dr. James R. Wood, Robert L. Stuart and Edgar S. Van Winkle.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1883 Century Association Reports

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