Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . t in politics or public life, except in town married, June lo, 1855, Miss Urania TourtellotHarris of Scituate, R. I.; they have two children :Charles and Frank H. Potter. POTTER, Dexter Burton, attorney-at-law, wasborn in Scituate, R. I., August 23, 1840, son ofJeremiah and Mary Ann (Salisbury) Potter. He isdescended in the eighth generation from RobertPotter, who came from Coventry, England, in 1634;he settled in what is now Por
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . t in politics or public life, except in town married, June lo, 1855, Miss Urania TourtellotHarris of Scituate, R. I.; they have two children :Charles and Frank H. Potter. POTTER, Dexter Burton, attorney-at-law, wasborn in Scituate, R. I., August 23, 1840, son ofJeremiah and Mary Ann (Salisbury) Potter. He isdescended in the eighth generation from RobertPotter, who came from Coventry, England, in 1634;he settled in what is now Portsmouth, R. I., in1637 or 1638, and in January 1642, he and othersbought of Sachem Myantonomoy the Shawmut Pur-chase, so-called, which they afterward named War-wick, and which embraced what is now a large por-tion of the county of Kent. His great-grandfather,Captain John Potter, served with distinction in theRevolutionary war. His maternal ancestry alsocame from England. He received his early educa-tion in the public schools, in the Riverpoint Classi-cal Seminary, and East Greenwich Academy. Aftergraduation he read law for three years in the offices. DEXTEH B. POTTER. of Ira O. Seamans in Warwick and of B. N. & S. ~in Providence, and was admitted to theRhode Island bar December 4,1868, and to the bar ofthe United States Circuit Court November 15, his admission to the bar he has successfully practiced his profession in Providence, having actedas counsel in a large number of important cases, andhas a constantly increasing office practice. He hastaken an active part in politics and public life. Hewas elected a Representative in the General Assem-bly from Coventry in 1871 and 1872, and a Senatorin 1873 and 1874. He declined a re-election in1875, but was again elected a Representative in1876-77-78. He was chosen Speaker of the Housein 1877 and 1878, and elected to the Senate againin 1879. While Speaker for two years, which in-cluded six sessions, two special, he ne
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