Norton P. Otis

Norton P. Otis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th district
In office March 4, 1903 – February 20, 1905
Preceded by	William Henry Draper
Succeeded by	John Emory Andrus
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 1st Westchester district
In office January 1, 1884 – December 31, 1884
Preceded by	Edwin R. Keyes
Succeeded by	Charles P. McClelland
Personal details
Born	(1840-03-18)March 18, 1840 Halifax, Vermont
Died	February 20, 1905(1905-02-20) (aged 64) Westchester County, New York
Political party	Republican

Norton Prentiss Otis (March 18, 1840 – February 20, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

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.

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.

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. He also was related to Amelia Earhart.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

• United States Congress. "Norton P. Otis (id: O000130)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Works by or about Norton P. Otis at the Internet Archive
• Norton P. Otis, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1905