John G. Otis

John Grant Otis (February 10, 1838 - February 22, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born near Danby, Vermont, Otis pursued an academic course at Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vermont.He attended Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and the law department of Harvard University.He was admitted to the bar of Rutland County, Vermont, in 1859.He moved to Topeka, Kansas, in May 1859 and commenced the practice of law. Assisted in recruiting the first black regiment of Kansas in 1862. Paymaster general of the Governor's military staff from February 1863 to 1865, with rank of colonel.He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the dairy business near Topeka.He was State agent of the Grange 1873-1875. State lecturer for the Grange 1889-1891.

Otis was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892.He engaged in his former business pursuits until his death in Topeka, Kansas, February 22, 1916.He was interred in Topeka Cemetery.

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