Joseph Oliva Huot (August 11, 1917 – August 5, 1983) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Huot was educated at Sacred Heart Parochial School and Laconia High School. From 1935 until 1956, he was a supervisor in the tabulating department of a manufacturer of knitting machines. He was a newspaper advertising manager from 1956 until 1964 and general manager of a weekly newspaper from 1959 until 1964. Huot was a member of the Laconia Board of Education, 1953–1959, and served as mayor of Laconia, 1959-1963. He was a Democratic candidate for Congress in 1962, and he served as a delegate to the

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in 1964. Huot was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress. He was a resident of Laconia, until his death there on August 5, 1983. He was interred in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Laconia. The Technical Center of Laconia High School is now named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huot, Joseph Oliva 1917 births 1983 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire Mayors of places in New Hampshire People from Laconia, New Hampshire 20th-century American politicians Catholics from New Hampshire