Harrison Gray Otis (politician)

Harrison Gray Otis
United States Senator
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1817 – May 30, 1822
Preceded byJoseph Bradley Varnum
Succeeded byJames Lloyd
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1801
Preceded byFisher Ames
Succeeded byWilliam Eustis
3rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office
January 5, 1829[1] – January 2, 1832[2]
Preceded byJosiah Quincy III
Succeeded byCharles Wells
Delegate from Massachusetts to the Hartford Convention
In office
1814–1815
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1805 – 1806
1808–1811
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1796–1796
Preceded byChristopher Gore
Succeeded byJohn Davis
Personal details
Born(1765-10-08)October 8, 1765
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America
DiedOctober 28, 1848(1848-10-28) (aged 83)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Political partyFederalist
SpouseSally Foster Otis
Children11
RelativesOtis family
EducationBoston Latin School
Alma materHarvard University
ProfessionLaw

Harrison Gray Otis (October 8, 1765 – October 28, 1848), was a businessman, lawyer, and politician, becoming one of the most important leaders of the United States' first political party, the Federalists. He was a member of the Otis family.

One of the wealthiest men of Boston, Otis was reportedly worth at least US$800,000 in 1846, equivalent to $24,300,000 in 2023.

  1. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 219
  2. ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 222