- Peter J. Otey
Peter Johnston Otey (
December 22 ,1840 -May 4 ,1902 ) was a U.S. Representative fromVirginia .Born in
Lynchburg, Virginia , Otey attended private schools in Lynchburg, and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1859. Otey joined theConfederate States Army in 1861 and served as a major throughout the Civil War.He started out his professional life as a cashier for the Lynchburg National Bank and was later named the general manager of the Rivermont Land Co. [http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/articles/1891_01_08_DV_Lynchburg&Durham.html] Starting in 1887 [ [http://spec.lib.vt.edu/railroad/guiderr.htm Railroad Guide: Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech ] ] he organized and built the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad and became president of the company which in 1892 merged with the Norfolk and Western railway. He retired from the railroad on June 21, 1891 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940CE3DA173AE533A25752C2A9609C94609ED7CF]
Otey was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from
March 4 ,1895 , until his death. [CongBio|O000126|name=OTEY, Peter Johnston|inline=1] He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896.He died inLynchburg, Virginia ,May 4 ,1902 and was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.=References=
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