Merrill E. Otis
Personal
Private practice, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1911-1921
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri, 1914
First assistant city counselor, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1915-1916
First assistant prosecutor, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1917-1918
First assistant attorney general, State of Missouri, 1921-1923
Chairman, Missouri Public Service Commission, 1923-1924
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1924-1925
Education
University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
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