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Senate Years of Service: 1952-1959 Party: Republican
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POTTER, Charles Edward, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in Lapeer, Mich., October 30,
1916; attended the public schools; graduated from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich., in
1938; administrator of Bureau of Social Aid, Cheboygan County, Mich., 1938-1942; in 1942 enlisted
as a private in the United States Army with combat service in the European Theater of Operations;
seriously wounded in France in 1945, resulting in the loss of both legs; discharged from the service as a
major in 1946; engaged as vocational rehabilitation representative for the Retraining and
Reemployment Administration with the United States Labor Department until his resignation in 1947;
elected on August 26, 1947, as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Frederick V. Bradley; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from August
26, 1947, until his resignation on November 4, 1952; elected to the United States Senate in 1952 to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur H. Vandenberg and served from November 5, 1952, to
January 3, 1953; also elected in 1952 for the term commencing January 3, 1953, and served until
January 3, 1959; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958; engaged as an industrial consultant
and international securities executive; member of the American Battle Monuments Commission;
resided in Queenstown, Md., until his death at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C.,
November 23, 1979; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
BibliographyPotter, Charles E. Days of Shame. New
York: Coward-McCann, 1965.
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