Harrison Gray Otis

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Harrison Gray Otis was a prominent Federalist politician and lawyer from Massachusetts who served in the U.S. Congress and the Senate and became a leading critic of the War of 1812.

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instanceOf Federalist Party politician
human
lawyer
politician
birthDate 1765-10-08
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1848-10-28
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
familyName Otis
father Samuel Allyne Otis
genre Federalist legal and political oratory
givenName Harrison
heritage New England Yankee elite
knownFor leadership in the Federalist Party in New England
opposition to the War of 1812
memberOf Massachusetts General Court
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Federalists
surface form: Federalist Party
notableEvent Hartford Convention
notableWork leading critic of the War of 1812
occupation jurist
lawyer
politician
participatedIn Hartford Convention
politicalAlignment pro-British commercial interests
positionHeld Mayor of Boston
President of the Massachusetts Senate
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
U.S. Representative
surface form: United States Representative

United States Senator
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
member of the Massachusetts Senate
relative James Otis Jr.
religion Congregationalism
represented Massachusetts
Massachusetts's 1st congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
surface form: Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
residence Boston, Massachusetts
spouse Sally Foster
termEnd as Mayor of Boston: 1832
as U.S. Representative: 1801
as U.S. Senator: 1822
termStart as Mayor of Boston: 1829
as U.S. Representative: 1797
as U.S. Senator: 1817

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Hartford Convention significantFigure Harrison Gray Otis
Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House), Boston namedAfter Harrison Gray Otis
subject surface form: Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House)
Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House), Boston originalOwner Harrison Gray Otis
subject surface form: Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House)
Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House), Boston occupant Harrison Gray Otis
subject surface form: Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House)
Otis, Massachusetts namedFor Harrison Gray Otis
Harrison Gray Otis name Harrison Gray Otis