Theodore Otis

Theodore Otis
7th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office
1859–1860
Preceded byJohn Sherburne Sleeper
Succeeded byWilliam Gaston
Massachusetts House of Representatives
for the 4th Norfolk District,[1][2]
Personal details
BornDecember 15, 1810
DiedJuly 11, 1873
NationalityAmerican
Political partyFree Soil[3]
SpouseHarriet Blanchard[4]
ChildrenJames Otis[5]
Alma materUnion College
ProfessionAttorney[4]

Theodore Otis (December 15, 1810 – July 11, 1873)[4] was an American politician, who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[2] and the seventh Mayor[6] of Roxbury, Massachusetts from 1859 to 1860.

  1. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1864), A Manual for the Use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 212
  2. ^ a b Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court, Boston, MA: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1865, p. 844
  3. ^ Free Soil Party (Mass.) (1877), Reunion of the Free soilers of 1848: at Downer landing, Higham, Mass, Boston, MA: Free Soil Party; Albert J. Wright Printer, p. 80 Appendix
  4. ^ a b c Eliot, Thwing Walter (1881) [1908], History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W. A. Butterfield, p. 332
  5. ^ Harvard College (1921), Fortieth Annual Report of the secretary of the Class of 1881 of Harvard College, Issue 7, Cambridge, MA: University Press, p. 178
  6. ^ Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 578