Nehemiah A. Potter

Nehemiah A. Potter was a member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council—the governing body of the city—for three terms between 1859 and 1863. He was president in the 1859–60 term.^[1] Potter was one of the organizers of the first Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, on the corner of New High and Temple streets, about 1855.^[2][3]

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1. ↑ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850-1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."
2. ↑ "Church History, No. 2: Another Chapter Which Goes Outside of Church Records," Los Angeles Times, July 9, 1882, page 3
3. ↑ A "history of Los Angeles, published in 1880, by Messrs. Thompson & West," quoted in "Church History, No. 3," Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1882, page 3