Answer the following question: Facts: - profession: attorney - order: 7th massachusetts house of representatives - successor: william gaston - party: free soil - death date: july 11 , 1873 - predecessor: john sherburne sleeper - office: mayor of roxbury , massachusetts - spouse: harriet blanchard - term end: 1860 - children: james otis - term start: 1859 - birth date: december 15 , 1810 - name: theodore otis - nationality: american - alma mater: union college Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theodore otis .
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theodore otis -lrb- december 15 , 1810 -- july 11 , 1873 -rrb- was an american politician , who served as a member of the massachusetts house of representatives and the seventh mayor of roxbury , massachusetts from 1859 to 1860 .