About Otto L. Burns
Lived 1868 – 1941 (aged 73). Otto L. Burns was an American politician.
Otto L. Burns (September 11, 1868 – December 13, 1941) was an American politician who served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives as a Democrat.
Life
Otto L. Burns was born in Des Moines, Iowa on September 11, 1868, to L. D. Burns and Minerva Adams and was educated in public schools. On July 13, 1886, he moved to the Wyoming Territory where he became a rancher and stock raiser. From 1913 to 1915 he served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from one of Albany county's three seats.
On December 13, 1941, he was driving home to Laramie, Wyoming, when he was hit by a freight train seven miles north of Laramie and was killed at age 72.
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Who was Otto L. Burns?
American politician
When was Otto L. Burns born?
Otto L. Burns was born on 11 September 1868 in Des Moines.
When did Otto L. Burns die?
Otto L. Burns died on 13 December 1941 in Laramie, Wyoming, Wyoming.
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Otto L. Burns was a politician.
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Otto L. Burns was American.
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