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David Potts Jr. (November 27, 1794 – June 1, 1863) was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Potts was born at Warwick Furnace, Pennsylvania, about eight miles from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He became an ironmaster, and owner and manager of Warwick Furnace. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1824 to 1826.

He was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838. Potts resumed his former business pursuits, and died at Warwick Furnace. Interment in Coventry Cemetery near Warwick.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by

James Buchanan
Joshua Evans Jr.
George G. Leiper

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

1831–1839

1831–1833 alongside: William Hiester and Joshua Evans Jr.
1833–1837 alongside: William Hiester and Edward Darlington
1837–1839 alongside: Edward Darlington and Edward Davies

Succeeded by

John Edwards
Francis James
Edward Davies


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