sentences:  Pottle had interests in several businesses, including serving as president of the Geneva, Hornellsville, and Pine Creek Railroad, and the Geneva and Southwestern Railroad.Pottle also raised sheep and maintained vineyards, and he served as president of the New York State Grape Growers Association.Pottle was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861).