Eugene "Debbs" Potts
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| Member of the Oregon Senate | |
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In office 1961–1984 |
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| Preceded by | C.D. Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Bill Olson |
| Constituency | Josephine County 1961-72; Josephine and Jackson counties 1973-84 |
| President of the Oregon State Senate | |
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In office 1967–1970 |
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| Preceded by | Harry D. Boivin |
| Succeeded by | John D. Burns |
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| Born | 10 December 1908 Buzzard Roost, California |
| Died | 19 December 2003 (aged 95) Merlin, Oregon |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Saw mill owner |
Eugene "Debbs" Potts (10 December 1908 – 19 December 2003) was an Oregon state legislator, public administrator, and founder of Historic Pottsville. Potts operated a farm machinery business and owned several small saw mills. He served twenty-four years in the Oregon State Senate which included 196 days as acting governor. He was also the first chairman of the Oregon Lottery Commission.
Potts was born on 10 December 1908 in Buzzard Roost, California (a temporary logging camp in Shasta County) while his parent were traveling to Oregon. His father named him after socialist political leader Eugene V. Debs. He attended grade school in a one-room school in Summer Lake, Oregon. He went to high school for two years in Paisley, Oregon and then moved to Klamath Falls, Oregon where he graduated from high school in 1928.
During World War II, Potts served on active duty in the United States Navy, and then remained in the Navy Reserve for 20 years. After the war, he moved to Grants Pass, Oregon where he ran a machinery business and later a small saw mill. Over the next several decades, Potts owned or operating small saw mills in Klamath Falls, Lake of the Woods, Bonanza, Keno, Upper Klamath Lake, Jump-off-Creek, and O’Dell Lake.
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