For the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, see Otis Johnson. For the musician, see Otis Johnson (musician). For the baseball player, see Otis Johnson (baseball).

Otis Wells Johnson (March 12, 1855 – September 27, 1926) was an American manufacturer, banker, and Republican politician. He represented Racine and Kenosha counties in the Wisconsin Senate during the 1903 and 1905 sessions.[1]

Biography

He attended public schools, and later the University of Maine at Farmington.[2] He was first employed in the lumber industry in St. Ignace, Michigan, later for a while in a Chicago lumberyard, and afterwards at St. Ignace again, where he resided until he came to Racine, Wisconsin in 1890 where he engaged in the manufacture of farm wagons.[2]

Johnson was elected to the Senate as a member of the Republican Party and served from 1903 to 1907.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Otis Wells Johnson (1855-1926)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Blue Book. 1903. p. 1,077.
  3. ^ "Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Otis Wells". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-10.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Wells_Johnson
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