Biography

04/10/1853 - 12/11/1934

TAXIS, John Otto, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, April 10, 1853 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; clerk, Union National Bank; cashier, Royal Insurance Company; cashier, Camden Fire Insurance Company; engaged in real estate; organizer and secretary, West End Electric Company; elected, common council, Philadelphia (4 terms); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1893 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1895 term; saloon and hotel proprietor; died, December 11, 1934 in Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey; interred, Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.