Orlando B. Potter >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orlando Brunson Potter (_March 10_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_10) , _1823_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1823) - _January 2_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2) , _1894_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894) ) was a _U.S. Representative_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from _New York_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York) . Born in _Charlemont, Massachusetts_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemont,_Massachusetts) , Potter attended the district school, Williams College, _Williamstown, Massachusetts_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamstown,_Massachusetts) , and the Dane Law School, _Cambridge, Massachusetts_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts) . He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in _Boston, Massachusetts_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts) . He engaged in manufacturing. He moved to New York in 1853 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was an unsuccessful for election in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress. Potter was elected as a _Democrat_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the Forty-eighth Congress (_March 4_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_4) , _1883_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883) -_March 3_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_3) , _1885_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885) ). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884. He served as member of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York City 1890-1894. He died in New York City, _January 2_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2) , _1894_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894) . He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery. Source * _Biography_ (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000466) at the _Biographical Directory of the United States Congress_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress) ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 23 pages about Potter: _http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/potterbldg.pdf_ (http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/potterbldg.pdf) .” At the time of his sudden death in January 1894, Potter was thought to have been the wealthiest man in New York City to have died intestate.” Can you imagine the Probate file ! No way will I look for, read it or transcribe it! ``````````````````````````````````````````` _http://www.female-ancestors.com/newyork/clubwomen062.htm_ (http://www.female-ancestors.com/newyork/clubwomen062.htm) Club Women of New York 1906 - 1907 POTTER, MRS. ORLANDO B., The Salamanca, 155 W. 58th st., N. Y.—New England Women, N. Y. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/settlers/settlers16/settlers16.html_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/settlers/settlers16/settlers16.html) “6] There are also biographical articles. One tells of a cousin of George Whitefield Potter, Orlando B. Potter, who was a congressman in NYC. and wrote to Presedent Lincoln and Secretary of the Treasury S.P. Chase about the need for a National Banking system. Lincoln and Chase liked it, so Orlando Potter wrote the legislation for the first National Banking Act. He also built the tallest building in NYC at that time. 8 or 9 stories tall. He then purchased property in NYC. where Alexander Hamilton had planted 13 gum trees for the 13 states, and shoots from Mount Vernon in order to protect them.” `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````` http://home.nyc.rr.com/jkn/nysonglines/broad.htm _Potter Building_ (http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC011.htm) 139-145 (corner): A gorgeous red brick building built 1883-86 with fantastic _terra cotta detail_ (http://www.nycjpg.com/2003/pages/0703.html) . Built by Orlando B. Potter to replace an earlier building he owned that burned down in 1881 (an event featured in the novel Time After Time), he used terra cotta in part for its fireproof qualities. Potter's earlier building, completed in 1857, was known as the World Building, after the New York World which was based there. (This was before Joseph Pulitzer bought the paper.) It also housed the offices of Scientific American, where on December 7, 1877, Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of his phonograph. _N.G. Starkweather_ (http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/potterbldg.pdf) extensively used terra cotta detail, helping to popularize the material for office buildings; Potter later launched the New York Press. 139 (corner): Also part of the Potter Building, this was the address of Newspaper Row's Knickerbocker. Now Young's Hat Store (formerly Young's Stetson Hats). ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour