Q: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 .