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I found out today that I am related to a 19th century house representative
Posted on 8/17/14 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 8/17/14 at 5:07 pm
So I was looking through an extremely extensive family tree that my uncle put together on ancestry.com, and stumbled upon a great great great great grandfather named Emery D. Potter. There was a Wikipedia article about him that my uncle included, and it turns out he was a US representative from Ohio.
I thought it was pretty cool, then I found out this on his wiki page:
I thought it was pretty cool, then I found out this on his wiki page:
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Potter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845).
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Posted on 8/17/14 at 5:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Potter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress
If it is any consolation a democrat in 1845 was politically a lot closer to conservative than a republican from today.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 5:52 pm to cave canem
Are you aggravated by the Democrat part... Or the ohio part ?
Lol
Lol
Posted on 8/17/14 at 7:09 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I love finding out things about my ancestors. I was related to Clara Barton, founder of Red Cross.
I was related to Gen. Robert E. Lee
My Great Great Great Grandfather owned the Destrehan Plantation in New Orleans and was one of the wealthiest businessman in Louisiana. My family used to have plantations on the land that LSU was eventually built on.
I was related to Gen. Robert E. Lee
My Great Great Great Grandfather owned the Destrehan Plantation in New Orleans and was one of the wealthiest businessman in Louisiana. My family used to have plantations on the land that LSU was eventually built on.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 9:05 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The Republicans didn't come into existence until the 1850's.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 9:08 pm to deltaland
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My Great Great Great Grandfather owned the Destrehan Plantation in New Orleans and was one of the wealthiest businessman in Louisiana. My family used to have plantations on the land that LSU was eventually built on.
Same here. My family pretty much owned all of what is now Donaldsonville prior to the Civil War.
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