United States representative lawyer politician
Born in New York City, he attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York from 1927 to 1929. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School of Saint Lawrence University in 1932, was admitted to the New York bar in 1933 and commenced practice in New York City.
He was counsel to the New York Senate Committee on Affairs of the City of New York during the 1945 session, and was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress, holding office from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress and resumed the practice of law. Potts was appointed surrogate of Bronx County by Governor Dewey and held that office from November 1951 to January 1953.
Interment was in Ferncliff Mausoleum, Hartsdale.
