William Plumer Potter

Background

Potter, William Plumer was born on April 27, 1857 in Jackson Company, Iowa, United States. Son of Review James H. and Nancy (Naylor) Potter.

Education

Student Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, class of 1879. (Doctor of Laws, Lafayette, 1907, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1911). Admitted to Iowa bar, 1880.

Career

Removed to Pittsburgh, 1881. Pursued further legal studies. Admitted to the Pittsburgh bar, 1883.

Practiced until appointed, September 25, 1900, justice Supreme Court of the Pennsylvania, and elected, November 5, 1901, to same position for term of 21 years, beginning January 1, 1902.

Home: Swarthmore, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Achievements

• William Plumer Potter has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Jessie L. Bacon, March 13, 1884.

Father:

Review James H. Potter

Mother:

Nancy (Naylor) Potter

Spouse:

Jessie L. Bacon