Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814
Samuel Allyne Otis (November 24, 1740 – April 22, 1814) was the first Secretary of the United States Senate, serving for its first 25 years. He also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a delegate to the Confederation Congress in 1787 and 1788.
Born in Barnstable in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he graduated from Harvard College before engaging in mercantile pursuits in Boston. Otis served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member of the Board of War in 1776, as collector of clothing for the Continental Army in 1777, and as a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention. Once more a member of the Massachusetts House from 1784 to 1787, Otis was elected Speaker of the House in 1784. The assembly elected him to the Continental Congress for the 1787 and 1788 sessions.
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