Potter County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census,its population was 16,396,making it the fifth-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Coudersport. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1836. It is named after James Potter,who was a general from Pennsylvania in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Due to its remoteness and natural environment,it has been nicknamed “God's Country”.
James Chamberlain Jones was an American politician who served as the tenth governor of Tennessee from 1841 to 1845,and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1851 to 1857. A Whig,Jones twice defeated future U.S. President James K. Polk for the governorship,in 1841 and 1843. He was the first native-born Tennessean to be elected governor of the state.
Timothy Shay Arthur —known as T. S. Arthur —was a popular 19th-century American writer. He is famously known for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There (1854),which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public.
Lewis Davis Campbell was an American politician as a U.S. Representative for Ohio. Over his political career he was elected as a Whig,Republican,Know Nothing,and Democrat.
Joseph Bailey was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district from 1861 to 1863 and for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 1863 to 1865.
John Klingensmith Jr. was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1835 to 1839.
The New Hampshire Democratic Party (NHDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Its chair is Raymond Buckley,and its vice chairs are Martha Fuller Clark and Bette Lasky. The most recent Democratic governor was Maggie Hassan,who served from 2013 to 2017.
Emery Davis Potter was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the mid-19th century.
Pennsylvania State Senate District 18 includes parts of Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is currently represented by Democrat Lisa Boscola.
William Wilkins was an American judge and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the United States Senate from 1831 to 1834 and as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1843 to 1844. He served as a member of both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly,a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania,United States Minister to Russia and the 19th United States Secretary of War.
The 1843 United States Senate election in New York was held on February 7,1843,by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.
The 1842–43 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1842 and 1843,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
The 1854 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 7,1854,to elect 33 U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives of the 34th United States Congress,and two representatives to fill vacancies in the 33rd United States Congress.
The 73rd New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 1 to April 10,1850,during the second year of Hamilton Fish's governorship,in Albany.
The 74th New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 7 to July 11,1851,during the first year of Washington Hunt's governorship,in Albany.
The 75th New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 6 to April 16,1852,during the second year of Washington Hunt's governorship,in Albany.
The 124th New York State Legislature,consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly,met from January 2 to April 23,1901,during the first year of Benjamin B. Odell Jr.'s governorship,in Albany.
The Potter Leader-Enterprise is an American weekly newspaper serving Coudersport,Pennsylvania,with a circulation of over 6,000 copies. It is published weekly on Wednesdays. The paper is owned by Community Media Group,Inc.
The Jersey Shore,Pine Creek and State Line Railroad was a paper railroad planned in northern Pennsylvania.
