Robert Potter (June 1800 – March 2, 1842) was an American politician and Texas independence activist.

During the Texas Revolution Potter was Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet of interim President David G. Burnet.

[5][6] He participated in the Regulator-Moderator War in East Texas as a leader of the Harrison County Moderators.

On March 2, 1842, Potter's home was surrounded by a band of Regulators led by William Pinckney Rose.

The historical novel Love is a Wild Assault, by Elithe Hamilton Kirkland is the story of his Texas wife or "paramour" as the central character.