Clarkson Nott Potter (April 25, 1825 – January 23, 1882) was a New York attorney and politician who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, then again from 1877 to 1879.

Sara died in 1864 and his father remarried for the third time to Frances Seton, just three months before his death in July 1865.

[3] His mother was the only daughter of Eliphalet Nott, who served as the longtime president of Union College.

[4] Potter graduated from Union College in 1842, and completed his qualifications as a civil engineer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1843.

The Potters owned a country house, known as "Nutwood", two miles from Trinity Church in New Rochelle, overlooking the Long Island Sound.