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Otis, Harrison Gray

jurist, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 8, 1765, in Boston, Mass. He was for many years an active and leading member of the Massachusetts state legislature, serving as speaker and president of the senate. He was chosen a representative in congress from the Suffolk district in 1797, and served through President Adams's administration. In 1817 he was chosen a senator in congress, where he remained for five years. He was also judge of the court of common pleas; and mayor of Boston. He was the author of Letters in Defense of the Hartford Convention; and Orations and Addresses. He died Oct. 28, 1848, in Boston, Mass.