Calvin Potter | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 9th |
Term Start: | January 7, 1991 |
Term End: | January 4, 1999 |
Predecessor: | William Te Winkle |
Successor: | James Baumgart |
Office1: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Constituency1: | 26th Assembly district |
Term Start1: | January 7, 1985 |
Term End1: | January 7, 1991 |
Predecessor1: | Wayne W. Wood |
Successor1: | James Baumgart |
Constituency2: | 77th Assembly district |
Term Start2: | January 3, 1983 |
Term End2: | January 7, 1985 |
Predecessor2: | Midge Miller |
Successor2: | Spencer Black |
Constituency3: | 59th Assembly district |
Term Start3: | January 6, 1975 |
Term End3: | January 3, 1983 |
Predecessor3: | Bill B. Bruhy |
Successor3: | Marlin Schneider |
Party: | Democrat |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1945 |
Birth Place: | Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Spouse: | married |
Alma Mater: | Lakeland College (B.A.) |
Profession: | Educator |
Calvin Potter (born November 3, 1945) is a retired American teacher and Democratic politician from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. He served 8 years in the Wisconsin Senate (1991 - 1999) and 16 years in the State Assembly (1975 - 1991).[1]
Potter was born and raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He graduated from Sheboygan North High School and attended the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan, before earning his bachelor's degree from Lakeland College in 1968.[2]
Potter was elected to the Assembly in 1974. Later, he was a member of the Senate. Previously, he had chaired the Sheboygan County Democratic Party.