Otis, Norton P. (Norton Prentiss), 1840-1905

LC control no.	no2014139949
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Otis, Norton P. (Norton Prentiss), 1840-1905 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	18400318
Death date	19050220
Place of birth	Halifax (Vt. : Town)
Place of death	Yonkers (N.Y.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Mayors
Found in	Norton P. Otis (late a representative from New York), 1905: title page (Norton P. Otis) page 1 (death of Hon. Norton P. Otis, which occurred at his home at Yonkers, N. Y.) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, viewed October 22, 2014 (Otis, Norton Prentiss, a Representative from New York; born in Halifax, Windham County, Vt., March 18, 1840; attended public schools of Halifax, Vt., and Albany, Hudson, and Yonkers, N.Y.; in early youth entered in business with his father and engaged in the manufacture of elevators for nearly fifty years; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1880-1882; member of the State assembly in 1884; president of the New York State Commission to the World's Exposition at Paris, in 1900; president of St. John's Riverside Hospital of Yonkers; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1903, until his death at Hudson Terrace, Westchester County, N.Y., February 20, 1905; interment in Oakland Cemetery) illustration of campaign button accompanying article (Norton P. Otis, 19th Congressional District)
Associated language	eng