Horatio Potter
| Horatio Potter | |
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| Sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York |
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Potter
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| Province |
Province Two of The Episcopal Church 
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| Diocese | Diocese of New York |
| See | New York City |
| Predecessor | Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright |
| Successor | Henry C. Potter |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | Deacon on July 15, 1827; Priest on December 14, 1828 |
| Consecration | November 22, 1854 by Thomas Church Brownell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 9, 1802 Beekman, New York, United States |
| Died | January 2, 1887 (aged 84) New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | Joseph and Anne Potter |
| Spouse | Mary Jane Tomlinson (d. 1847) Mary Atchison Pollock |
| Children | Eight. Two died in childhood. |
| Alma mater | Union College, Schenectady, New York |
Horatio Potter (February 9, 1802 – January 2, 1887), was an educator and the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Potter "shrank from public notice, left no literary monument and has, regrettably, no biography. He is scarcely mentioned in the biographies of his older brother Alonzo, Bishop of Pennsylvania, and of his nephew, Henry Codman Potter, his successor in the See of New York."
Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D., S.T.D. was born on February 9, 1802, the youngest of the nine children to Joseph and Anne Potter. The Potters were Quaker farmers who lived near Beekman (now LaGrange) in Dutchess County, New York. "Their Quaker devotion appears in the names they bestowed on their oldest son, Paraclete, and only daughter, Philadelphia." Potter spent his earliest years at the family homestead.
Paraclete Potter, Horatio’s elder brother, was established in Poughkeepsie, New York, where the Poughkeepsie Academy was located. Therefore, in 1812, he had his ten-year-old brother Horatio move in with him and enroll in the Academy, which offered a better education than did the district schools in Beekman. While living with his brother, Horatio went with him to Christ Episcopal Church in Poughkeepsie, and he was impressed by the worship service. During his ten years in Poughkeepsie, Horatio "clerked at various times in his brother’s book store." Horatio remained with his brother through 1822. He wanted a college education, and, with his brother Alonzo’s help. Horatio went to Union College, Schenectady, New York. He graduated in 1826 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
After graduation, Horatio Potter followed his older brother Alonzo into the Episcopal Church. He was confirmed by Bishop John Henry Hobart at St. Thomas' Church in New York and began studying for holy orders. Thus, Potter had no seminary training.
Potter was ordained deacon on July 15, 1827, and priest on December 14, 1828. He served his several months diaconate at Trinity Church, Saco, Maine.” In 1828, Potter was elected professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Washington College (now Trinity College), Hartford, Connecticut). While there, Potter "took an active part in plans for the enlargement of the college and the erection of its new buildings."
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