Background
Otis, Harrison Gray was born on October 8, 1765 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Allyne and Elizabeth (Gray) Otis.
Otis, Harrison Gray was born on October 8, 1765 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Allyne and Elizabeth (Gray) Otis.
Graduated from Harvard, 1783.
Admitted to Boston bar, 1786. Member Massachusetts General Court from Boston, 1795-1796. United State Attorneys for Massachusetts, 1796-1797.
Member United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 6th-7th congresses, 1797-1801, supported President John Adams. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1802-1805, 13-14, speaker, 1803-1805. Member Massachusetts Senate, 1805-1813, 14-17, president, 1805-1806, 08-11.
Overseer Harvard, 1810-1823. A leading supporter and member Hartford Convention (New England states’ rights movement against War of 1812), 1814. Judge Massachusetts Court Common Pleas, 1814-1818.
Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1817-1822 (resigned). Unsuccessful candidate for mayor Boston, 1823 (defeated by William Eustis, spelling end of Federalist Party). Mayor Boston, 1829-1832.
Owned manufacturing stock, 1820’s. Became supporter of Henry Clay. Author: Letters Developing the Character and Views of the Hartford Convention, 1820.
Otis’ Letters in Defense of the Hartford Convention, 1824.
Member Massachusetts General Court from Boston, 1795-1796. Member United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 6th-7th congresses, 1797-1801, supported President John Adams. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1802-1805, 13-14, speaker, 1803-1805.
Member Massachusetts Senate, 1805-1813, 14-17, president, 1805-1806, 08-11. Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, 1817-1822 (resigned).
Married Sally Foster, May 31, 1790, 11 children.