Biography

03/21/1746 - 03/17/1801

Zebulon Potts (Federalist2) Bucks, Chester and Montgomery Counties 1794-1801.

Early Life:

Zebulon Potts, born March 21, 1746, Whitemarsh, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Nathan and Esther Rhoads Potts; captain, Pennsylvania Militia, American Revolution; British prisoner of war, 1777-1778, Philadelphia; appointed, first Sheriff, Montgomery County; elected, Supreme Executive Council, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1788; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1790; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1794-1801; married, Martha Trotter, children, Ann, Joseph, Esther, Hannah, Alice, Esther, Martha, William, Robert Tower, Daniel T.; died while in office of the Senate, March 17, 1801, Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown.

Early Career:

Captain, Pennsylvania Militia, American Revolution. During the encampment of the Patriot Army at Valley Forge, he was very active in procuring food for the Army.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, First Sheriff, Montgomery County.

Elected, Supreme Executive Council, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1788.  

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, Montgomery County, 1790.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery Counties, 1794-1801.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members P". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

North Penn Review and Lansdale Reporter (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) · Thursday, March 31, 1910 · Page 3.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · Sunday, December 13, 1964 · page 190.