Calhoun Landers Potter
Full Name: Calhoun Landers PotterDate of birth: March 6, 1854
Date of death: April 29, 1905
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 4 | Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903 | 27th (1) (2) 26th (3) | Democrat | Gainesville / Cooke | Senate President Pro Tempore (27th) | Cooke, Grayson |
| S | 18 | Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 | 22nd (4) (5) (6) | Democrat | Gainesville / Cooke | Cooke, Grayson |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) 27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 9/25/1901, 2nd C.S. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(5) Calhoun S. Potter, Gainesville, Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(6) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 27th (1) (2) 26th (3)
- Leadership role:
-
Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)
(26th)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Gainesville / Cooke
- Counties in district:
- Cooke, Grayson
Terms of service notes
(1) 27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 9/25/1901, 2nd C.S. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1892 due to redistricting. Act approved Apr. 19, 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 20. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(5) Calhoun S. Potter, Gainesville, Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(6) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, listed as new member in roll call: "The credentials of the new members were presented, and the following senators had the oath of office administered them by the president pro tem of the senate." Senate Journal. ↩
Biographical Information
- 29th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/1/1905, p. 23. Resolutions - Memorial.
- Biographical sketch, Calhoun L. Potter, pp. 396-397. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
- Biographical sketch, Calhoun L. Potter, pp. 212-213. Born 3/6/1854 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Biographical sketch, Calhoun L. Potter, pp. 60-61. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
- C.L. Potter, birth date 3/6/1854, death date 4/29/1905, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County. Includes obituary in The Bowie Blade, Montague County, 1/3/1902. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, Calhoun Landers Potter, "Potter Is Dead . . . Was A Lawyer of Ability and Had Served One Term as State Senator," The Houston Post, 4/30/1905, p. 5.
Obituary, "A Tribune to Senator Potter," "Funeral," The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Texas), 4/30/1905, p. 3, crediting Cooke County Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Gainesville Houston
- Photograph. C.L. Potter, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. C.L. Potter, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. C.L. Potter, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
- 26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
- 27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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