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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Peter J. Otey |
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Lynchburg, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
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December 22, 1840
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| Died | May 04, 1902
(61 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | OTEY, Peter Johnston, a Representative from Virginia; was born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., December 22, 1840; attended private schools in Lynchburg; was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1859; engaged in civil engineering; joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and served throughout the Civil War; organized and built the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad and became president of the company; engaged in banking and was general manager of the Rivermont Land Co.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his death; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; died in Lynchburg, Va., May 4, 1902; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
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