Samuel Allyne Otis
Samuel Allyne Otis (born November 24, 1740 in Barnstable , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † April 22, 1814 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . In 1787 and 1788 he was a delegate for Massachusetts in the Continental Congress .
Career
Samuel Otis was a brother of the lawyer and politician James Otis Jr. (1725–1783). The political writer Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) was his sister. In 1759 Otis graduated from Harvard College ; then he worked in Boston in trade. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. In 1776 he became a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a member of the Board of War . In 1777, during the War of Independence, he worked in the procurement of clothing for the Continental Army . Between 1784 and 1787 he sat again in the state parliament, whose president he was in 1784 as the successor to Tristram Dalton . In 1787 and 1788 he represented the interests of the state of Massachusetts in the Continental Congress. In 1789, when President George Washington was sworn in, he held the Bible that Washington swore on when he took the oath of office. From April 8, 1789 until his death on April 22, 1814 he held the post of Secretary of the United States Senate as the first incumbent and thus headed the administration of the US Senate . He was succeeded by Charles Cutts .
Samuel Otis' son Harrison (1765-1848) represented the State of Massachusetts in both houses of Congress .
Web links
- Samuel Allyne Otis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Samuel Allyne Otis in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Literature by and about Samuel Allyne Otis in the WorldCat bibliographic database
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| SURNAME | Otis, Samuel Allyne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barnstable , Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1814 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |