Otis Massey Explained

Otis Massey (May 26, 1891  - September 1968) was mayor of Houston, Texas from January 1943 to 1947.

Early life

Otis Massey was born on May 26, 1891 in Drexel, Missouri.^[1]

Career

Massey was the first mayor of Houston to serve under the city manager form, rather than the city commission form of government.^[2] As mayor, he supported a proposal to sell 133 acres of land to the M.D. Anderson Foundation in December 1943. This land would be developed into hospitals in the Houston Medical District.^[3] He proclaimed May 22, 1946 to be National Maritime Day in Houston.^[4]

Personal life

Massey was married to Mayme Kiser, they had two daughters, Dorothy and Marion.^[5]

Further reading

• Web site: George E. Kessler . Stephen . Fox . Big Park, Little Plans: A History of Hermann Park . February 7, 2024 .
• News: Houston Chronicle . Darla . Guillen . Father-daughter company restores former Houston mayor Otis Massey's Riverside Home . November 22, 2017 . February 7, 2024 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Protected Landmark Designation Report: Mayor Otis Massey House . City of Houston, Archealogical & Historical Commission . May 27, 2016 . February 9, 2024 .
2. http://www.houstonhistory.com/decades/timeline/5k1tl.htm 174 Years of Historic Houston
3. Web site: Untitled Document . 2009-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090102010407/http://www.hermannpark.org/stephen_fox_article.htm . 2009-01-02 .
4. Web site: Maritime Day Proclamations by Governors and Speeches by Senators and Members of Congress.
5. Web site: Genealogy.com: Page, Massey, & Houston of Texas, Oklahoma & Kansas . 2009-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606012715/http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/users/p/a/g/James-S-Page/index.html . 2011-06-06 .