of federal political scandals in the United States References Further reading Fischer, Ernest G. Robert Potter: Founder of the Texas Navy. Gretna, La.: Pelican, 1976; Shearer, Ernest Charles. Robert Potter, Remarkable North Carolinian and Texan. Houston: University of Houston Press, 1951. External links U.S. Congressional Biography Directory entry Political Graveyard Robert & Harriet Potter 1800 births 1842 deaths People from Vance County, North Carolina Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives People of the Texas Revolution Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence Deaths by firearm in Texas People murdered in Texas Male murder victims People expelled from United States state legislatures Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina United States Navy sailors 19th-century American politicians