John G. Otis

John Grant Otis (* February 10, 1838 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, † February 22, 1916 in Topeka, Kansas ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Otis visited the Burr Seminary, Manchester (Vermont ) and the Williams College in Williamstown (Massachusetts ). After studying law at the Law School of Harvard University, he was admitted in 1859 as a lawyer. In the same year Otis moved to Topeka in Kansas, where he worked as a lawyer. In 1862 he was involved in the civil war in the preparation of the first regiment of African American soldiers in Kansas. Between 1863 and 1865 he was paymaster of the Governor of Kansas subordinate military personnel with the rank of Colonel.

After the war, Otis was engaged in agriculture. In the vicinity of Topeka, he operated a dairy farm. Between 1873 and 1875 he was State Representative for the farm sector ( Grange ) and from 1889 to 1891 he lectured on the subject of agriculture. According to his agricultural interests he joined the short-lived Populist Party on. In the state- wide held congressional elections of 1890 he was appointed as their candidate for the fourth deputy seat of government in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1891, the successor of the Republican Harrison Kelley. Since he was not nominated for the elections of the year 1892 by his party again, Otis was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1893.

After the end of his time in the federal capital Washington, John Otis again devoted his earlier activities. He died on February 22, 1916 in Topeka and was also buried there.