Background
Humphrey, J. Otis was born on December 30, 1850 in Morgan Company, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Sarah (Stocker) Humphrey.
Humphrey, J. Otis was born on December 30, 1850 in Morgan Company, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Sarah (Stocker) Humphrey.
Reared on farm; educated Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois.
Taught school 2 years. Admitted to bar, 1880. Legal clerk in office of railroad and warehouse commissioner of Illinois, 1880-1883.
Presidential elector, 1884.
United States district attorney Southern District of Illinois, 1897-1901. United States district judge Southern District of Illinois, since 1901.
Home: Springfield, Illinois.
Married Mary East. Scott, April.