Background
Otjen, William John was born on October 19, 1880 in Louisiana Bette County, Kansas, United States. Son of John Christian and Sophia (Nuhfer) Otjen.
Otjen, William John was born on October 19, 1880 in Louisiana Bette County, Kansas, United States. Son of John Christian and Sophia (Nuhfer) Otjen.
Student preparatory school. Student Valparaiso University, Indiana U. Bachelor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1905.
Admitted to Olka. and Indiana bars, 1905. Now senior partner firm of Otjen and Carter of Enid, Oklahoma. City attorney, Enid, 1912-1914, special assistant attorney general of Oklahoma, 1915.
Organizer, operator Otjen General Agency, Insurance.
President Southwestern National Life Insurance Company, Ranola Oil Corporation. Vice-president, director Banfield Brothers Packing Company.
Director Central National Bank.
Member Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1923-1925, Oklahoma Senate, 1925-1932. Member board adjustment, City of Enid, 1940-1945, chairman, 1945-1973. Member National Council Boy Scouts American, 1941-1943.
Served as corporal United States Volumes, Spanish-American War, Philippine Islands Member American, Oklahoma, Garfield County (president 1925) bar associations, United Spanish War Veterans (senior vice-commander-in-chief 1931-1932, commander-in-chief 1932-1933, chairman national commission on legislation and administration 1954-1959, chairman national committee appeals and grievances, chairman national resolutions committee).
Mason. Elk.; Rotarian.
Married June B. Cullison, June 15, 1907. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Carolyn, William John, Helen.