Otto L. Burns | |
Office1: | Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 1913 |
Term End1: | 1915 |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1868 |
Birth Place: | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Laramie, Wyoming, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Greenhill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyoming, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Father: | L. D. Burns |
Mother: | Minerva Adams |
Spouse: | Adelaide B. Burns |
Signature: | Otto L. Burns signature.png |
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.
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.[1] From 1913 to 1915 he served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from one of Albany county's three seats.[2]
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.[3]