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Potter P. Howard (October 4, 1890 – November 29, 1956) served consecutive two-year terms as mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1947 to 1951. An automobile dealer when elected, he was later an executive with the local natural gas company in Boise. Potter died in a Salt Lake City hotel while returning to Idaho from a business trip to Chicago.

Potter moved from Burley to Boise in 1935; he is buried at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.

References

1. "Mayors - Boise Arts & History". Boiseartsandhistory.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
2. "Family History and Genealogy Records". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
3. "Potter Howard elected new mayor of Boise". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 2, 1947. p. 11.
4. ^ "Ex-Boise mayor succumbs in S.L. hotel". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 30, 1956. p. 13B.
5. "Former mayor of Boise dead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1956. p. 1.

Sources

• Mayors of Boise - Past and Present
• Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series, Corrected List of Mayors, 1867-1996

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