Banker/Philanthropist
Centurion, 1881–1888
Born 24 January 1833 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died 25 March 1888 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Woodlands Cemetery
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Proposed by J. Pierpont Morgan, Robert Gordon, Henry G. Marquand, and Richard Butler
Elected 1 October 1881 at age forty-eight
Century Memorial
Joseph W. Drexel and Frederick A. Potts were honored and honorable representatives of the business men among our members, high-minded, of broad views and foremost in enterprise, charity and public spirit.
Henry E. Howland
1889 Century Association Reports