Aram Jules Pothier (July 26, 1854 – February 4, 1928) was an American banker and politician of French Canadian descent.

[citation needed] He began his political career in 1885 as a Republican member of the Woonsocket School Committee.

[10] After his term as lieutenant governor, he retired from public office, but returned as a member of the Rhode Island Board of Education in 1907.

[12] In 1915, retiring from politics, he became President of the Woonsocket Institute for Savings and the Providence Union Trust Company.

[16] A Liberty ship launched June 16, 1944 (hull # 3036) was named SS Aram J. Pothier In 2010, he was inducted into the American-French Genealogical Society Hall of Fame.