HARRISONGRAYOTIS (1765-1848), American politician, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 8th of October 1765.
He was a nephew of James Otis, and the son of Samuel Allyne Otis (1740-1814), who was a member of the Confederation Congress in1787-1788and secretary of the United States Senate from its first session in 1789 until his death.
Young Otis graduated from Harvard College in 1783, was admitted to the bar in 1786, and soon became prominent as a Federalist in politics.
HarrisonGrayOtis, the youngest of sixteen children of his father Stephen Otis, was born on February 10, 1837, on a farm near Marietta, Ohio.
Otis received an appointment in 1878 by President Hayes as collector of the Port of San Diego, but his confirmation was opposed by Senator Sergent.
Otis claimed that he never objected to "lawful or legitimate organizations formed and maintained by laborers in any branch of industry," only to "gross and mischievous abuse in the management of the organizations by the leaders of them." In fact, he'd even been a member of the typesetters union -- briefly.
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