Otis M. Hitchings

{{short description|American shoe manufacturer and politician}}

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| name = Otis M. Hitchings

| birth_date = August 8, 1822

| birth_place = Saugus, Massachusetts

| death_date = 1894 (aged 71 or 72){{cite web |title=George O Hitchings |url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/George-O-Hitchings/37424558 |publisher=BillionGraves Holdings, Inc. |access-date=9 May 2022}}

| death_place = Saugus, Massachusetts

|restingplace =Riverside Cemetery
Saugus, Massachusetts

| nationality = American

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| occupation = Shoe manufacturer

| residence =

| party = Democratic

| spouse =

| alma_mater =

| title = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 20th Essex District

| term_start = 1876

| term_end = 1876

| predecessor = John H. Potter

| successor = Timothy Dacey / John C. Sanborn

| relations = Benjamin Hitchings Jr. (brother)
John B. Hitchings (brother)
Charles S. Hitchings (nephew)

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Otis Munroe Hitchings (August 8, 1822 – 1894) was an American shoe manufacturer and politician who served one term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Hitchings was born on August 8, 1822, in Saugus, Massachusetts. His father, Benjamin Hitchings, was a shoe manufacturer and Otis and his brother John B. eventually joined their father as partners.{{cite book |last1=Atherton |first1=Horace H. |title=History of Saugus, Massachusetts |date=1915 |publisher=Citizens Committee of the Saugus Board of Trade |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=550-AAAAYAAJ |access-date=4 May 2022}} From 1846 to 1872, Hitchings ran his own company, which employed as many as 100 employees.{{cite book |editor1-last=Huard |editor1-first=D. Hamilton |title=History of Essex County, Massachusetts |date=1888 |publisher=J. W. Lewis & Co. |location=Philadelphia |page=414 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4da_fyBBU1IC |access-date=25 April 2022}} In 1876 he represented the 20th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.{{cite book |title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1876 |date=1876 |publisher=Wright & Porter |location=Boston |page=595 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcUlAQAAIAAJ |access-date=9 May 2022}}

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