Representative Albert M. Potter View All Years

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Albert M. Potter

Bremer County

One of the youngest men of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly will be the Hon. A. M. Potter of Waverly, Bremer county. He is a native Iowan, born on a farm near Waverly, December 15, 1869, and the greater portion of his life has been passed in that vicinity. He was married June 7, 1893, to Miss Jessie M. Long. He is a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Potter is something of a lodge man, being a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen, and Maccabees. At the state convention of the latter organization in Des Moines last March, Mr. Potter was elected state commander for a term of two years. He was born on a farm and lived on the farm till he was 19 years old, doing all the work of a farm hand. He saved a little money from farming and driving cattle. When he was 19 he went to Davenport and accepted a position as night clerk in a hotel, attending school during the day. Such progress did he make that during 1888 he was teacher of the commercial branches in the Iowa Commercial college of Davenport. In March, 1889, Mr. Potter began keeping a set of abstract books in Waverly, reading law in the evenings and other leisure times. He was admitted to the bar in May, 1891, and has been in active practice ever since. In politics he is an ardent democrat, and takes an active interest in all things political. He has done his party effective service in stump speaking in campaign seasons. He has held the office of city attorney of Waverly two terms. He is a progressive and ambitious young lawyer and politician and comes to his new field alive to his responsibilities, and capable of attending to them.

House District 72