Background
Potter, Charles Nelson was born on October 31, 1852 in Cooperstown, New York, United States. Son of George W. and Mary Jane (Marcellus) Potter.
Potter, Charles Nelson was born on October 31, 1852 in Cooperstown, New York, United States. Son of George W. and Mary Jane (Marcellus) Potter.
Educational public schools, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1873. Admitted to Michigan bar, 1873.
Located at Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1876.
Ada Armina Larwill. City attorney, 1878-1881, 1888-1891. Prosecuting attorney of company, 1881-1883. Member and secretary Wyoming Capitol Building Commission, 1886-1888.
Member Wyoming Constitutional Convention, 1889.
Attorney general of Wyoming, 1891-1895. Member Board of Education, Cheyenne, 1888-1897.
Justice Supreme Court of Wyoming, since 1895. Reëlected 1902, 1910, 1918 (chief justice, December 7, 1897-1903, 1905-1911, 1915-1919, and since 1921).
Reported for publication Wyoming Supreme Court Reports, volumes
4-22, 1898-1915. Home: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Member and secretary Wyoming Capitol Building Commission, 1886-1888. Member Wyoming Constitutional Convention, 1889. Member Board of Education, Cheyenne, 1888-1897.
Married Bessie C. Ireland, August 22, 1877.