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Thomas J. Potter

Thomas J. Potter was vice-president and general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Early life
Thomas J. Potter was born on August 16, 1840, in Carroll County, Ohio. He grew up on a farm. In 1853, he moved with his parents to Ottumwa, Iowa as they engaged in a hotel business. ==Career==
Career
In 1862, Potter worked with a surveying party to lay out the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad from Ottumwa to Council Bluffs, Iowa.Potter also served as vice president of the St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad, the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railroad, the Chicago and Iowa Railroad, the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. In 1887, Union Pacific President Charles Francis Adams Jr. offered the job of vice president and general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad to Potter. Potter accepted the role. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Briefly furloughed during the war, Potter married Urdillia Jane Wood of Ottumwa on May 21, 1863. A memorial arch was erected in his honor at Aspen Grove Cemetery by his wife around 1906. ==References==
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