Harrison Gray Otis

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Harrison Gray Otis was a prominent Federalist politician and lawyer from Massachusetts who served in the U.S. Congress and the Senate and became a leading critic of the War of 1812.

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Harrison Gray Otis canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Federalist Party politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1765-10-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1848-10-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard College ⓘ
linked to: Harvard University
familyName Otis ⓘ
father Samuel Allyne Otis ⓘ
genre Federalist legal and political oratory ⓘ
givenName Harrison ⓘ
heritage New England Yankee elite ⓘ
knownFor leadership in the Federalist Party in New England ⓘ
opposition to the War of 1812 ⓘ
memberOf Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
notableEvent Hartford Convention ⓘ
notableWork leading critic of the War of 1812 ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Hartford Convention ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-British commercial interests ⓘ
positionHeld Mayor of Boston ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts ⓘ
United States Representative ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative

United States Senator ⓘ
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ
member of the Massachusetts Senate ⓘ
relative James Otis Jr. ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
represented Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
spouse Sally Foster ⓘ
termEnd as Mayor of Boston: 1832 ⓘ
as U.S. Representative: 1801 ⓘ
as U.S. Senator: 1822 ⓘ
termStart as Mayor of Boston: 1829 ⓘ
as U.S. Representative: 1797 ⓘ
as U.S. Senator: 1817 ⓘ

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Hartford Convention → significantFigure → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House) → namedAfter → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House) → originalOwner → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Harrison Gray Otis House (First Otis House) → occupant → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Otis, Massachusetts → namedFor → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Harrison Gray Otis → name → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
James B. McNamara → opposedBy → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Eliza A. Wetherby → spouse → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
Eliza A. Wetherby → marriedTo → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ
The Bivouac → usedAsResidenceBy → Harrison Gray Otis ⓘ