Otis Wells Johnson

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Otis Wells Johnson
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
1903–1907
Succeeded by Isaac T. Bishop
Personal details
Born March 12, 1855
Saugatuck, Michigan
Political party Republican
Residence Racine, Wisconsin

Otis Wells Johnson was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He was born on March 12, 1855 in Saugatuck, Michigan.

He attended public schools, and later the University of Maine at Farmington.[1] 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. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book. 1903. p. 1,077.
  2. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book. 1903. p. 1,077.
  3. ↑ "Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Otis Wells". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-10.


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