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Birth Place : Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America
Died On : May 23, 1783
Zodiac Sign : Aquarius
James Otis Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
Lawyer James Otis was born in 1702 in Massachusetts Colony in North America.
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Rise To Fame
Otis was a member of the Popular Party and a colonel in the army.
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Career
He served as the Attorney General of Massachusetts Colony (1748) as well as on the Council of Massachusetts and as presiding judge of the Barnstable County Court of Common Pleas.
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Personal Life
He married Mary Allyne and the couple had three children James Otis Jr., Samuel, and Mercy Otis Warren. His son James Otis Jr. was a political activist and pamphleteer, legislator and lawyer who advocated Patriot views which foreshadowed the American Revolution. Otis Sr. died in 1778 at the age of 75.
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