Joseph Oliva Huot
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Joseph Oliva Huot (August 11, 1917 - August 5, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Born in Laconia, 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 Democratic National Convention 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.
