Biography

1836 - 12/02/1890


POTTS, Howard Jewell, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1836 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1872 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1873 term; deputy sealer of weights and measures, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1880); Inspector, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia; died, December 2, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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