POTTS, Richard (1753-1808)
Federalist of Maryland 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1791-1796
Biography
A Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born in Upper Marlboro, Md., July 19, 1753; moved with his family to the Barbados Islands in 1757; returned to Maryland and settled in Annapolis in 1761; studied law; commenced practice in Frederick County, Md., in 1775; member of the committee of observation for Frederick County in 1776; clerk of the Frederick county court, 1777-1778; served in the Revolutionary War; military aide to the Maryland Governor, 1777; member of the Maryland house of delegates, 1779-1780; Delegate to the Confederation Congress, 1781; prosecuting attorney for Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington Counties, 1784; member of the Maryland house of delegates, 1787-1788; declined the nomination for State senator in 1787; member of the Maryland convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788; appointed by President George Washington United States attorney for Maryland, 1789-1791; chief judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Maryland, 1791-1793; presidential elector in 1792; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and served from January 10, 1793, to October 24, 1796, when he resigned; again appointed chief judge of the fifth judicial circuit 1796-1801; associate justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, 1801-1804; resumed the practice of law; died on November 26, 1808, in Frederick, Md.; interment in All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
