Otis was born in Halifax, Vermont. His father was Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and a descendant of the Otis family that is counted among the Boston Brahmin families. He attended public schools in Halifax, Albany, Hudson, and Yonkers, New York. In his early youth, he entered into business with his father and engaged in the manufacture of elevators for nearly fifty years.[1]
norton, otis, norton, prentiss, otis, march, 1840, february, 1905, representative, from, york, member, house, representatives, from, york, 19th, districtin, office, march, 1903, february, 1905preceded, bywilliam, henry, drapersucceeded, byjohn, emory, andrusme. Norton Prentiss Otis March 18 1840 February 20 1905 was a U S Representative from New York Norton P OtisMember of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 19th districtIn office March 4 1903 February 20 1905Preceded byWilliam Henry DraperSucceeded byJohn Emory AndrusMember of the New York State Assembly from the 1st Westchester districtIn office January 1 1884 December 31 1884Preceded byEdwin R KeyesSucceeded byCharles P McClellandPersonal detailsBorn 1840 03 18 March 18 1840Halifax VermontDiedFebruary 20 1905 1905 02 20 aged 64 Westchester County New YorkPolitical partyRepublican Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography edit nbsp Coat of Arms of Norton P Otis Otis was born in Halifax Vermont His father was Elisha Otis inventor of the safety elevator and a descendant of the Otis family that is counted among the Boston Brahmin families He attended public schools in Halifax Albany Hudson and Yonkers New York In his early youth he entered into business with his father and engaged in the manufacture of elevators for nearly fifty years 1 Otis served as mayor of Yonkers from 1880 to 1882 and was a member of the New York State Assembly Westchester Co 1st D in 1884 He served as president of the New York State Commission to the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and as president of St John s Riverside Hospital of Yonkers In 1900 he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 57th United States Congress 1 Otis was elected as a Republican to the 58th United States Congress and represented New York s 19th congressional district from March 4 1903 until his death from cancer in Westchester County New York on February 20 1905 He was interred at Oakland Cemetery 1 He also was related to Amelia Earhart See also editList of United States Congress members who died in office 1900 49 References editUnited States Congress Norton P Otis id O000130 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress a b c Bioguide Search bioguide congress gov Retrieved 2024 01 06 nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States CongressExternal links editWorks by or about Norton P Otis at Internet Archive Norton P Otis late a representative from New York Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1905 New York State Assembly Preceded byHenry W Keyes New York State Assembly Westchester County 1st District1884 Succeeded byCharles P McClelland U S House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam Henry Draper Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 19th congressional districtMarch 4 1903 February 20 1905 Succeeded byJohn Emory Andrus nbsp This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norton P Otis amp oldid 1193886218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
