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Schuyler Otis Bland | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district | |
| In office July 2, 1918 – February 16, 1950 At-large: March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Jones |
| Succeeded by | Edward J. Robeson, Jr. |
| Chairman of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Alvin F. Weichel |
| Succeeded by | Edward J. Hart |
| In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Ewin L. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Alvin F. Weichel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 4, 1872 Gloucester County, Virginia |
| Died | February 16, 1950 (aged 77) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Resting place | Newport News, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
| Profession | lawyer |
Schuyler Otis Bland (May 4, 1872 – February 16, 1950) was a United States representative from Virginia. Born near Gloucester, Virginia, he attended the Gloucester Academy and the College of William and Mary. He was a teacher and a lawyer in private practice, and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative William A. Jones. He was reelected to the Sixty-sixth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from July 2, 1918 to February 16, 1950. While in the House, he was chair of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Seventy-third through Seventy-ninth Congresses and Eighty-first Congress). The United States Merchant Marine Academy Library is named in his honor.
Bland died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland[1] and was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News, Virginia.
- ^ S. Otis Bland Died Thursday; Rappahannock Record; Page 1; February 23, 1950