Senate Years of Service: 1861-1867Party: DemocratNESMITH, James Willis, (cousin of Joseph Gardner Wilson & grandfather of Clifton Nesmith McArthur), a Senator and a Representative from…
Senate Years of Service: 1950-1953Party: DemocratSMITH, Willis, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Norfolk, Va., December 19, 1887; at the death of his father, moved with his mother to…
SWEET, Willis, a Representative from Idaho; born at Alburg Springs, Vt., January 1, 1856; attended the common schools and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln; learned the printerâs trade…
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808?–1873, American editor and writer, b. near Syracuse, N.Y. He was the editor (1834–60) of the Knickerbocker Magazine and made it a leading literary…
ALEXANDER, Joshua Willis, a Representative from Missouri; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 22, 1852; attended public and private schools; graduated from Christian University (now Culver-…
BAILEY, Willis Joshua, a Representative from Kansas; born near Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Ill., October 12, 1854; attended the common schools, Mount Carroll High School, and the University…
GRADISON, Willis David, Jr., a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 28, 1928; attended the elementary and secondary schools in Cincinnati; B.A., Yale…
Senate Years of Service: 1824-1825; 1825-1828Party: Crawford Republican; JacksonianCOBB, Thomas Willis, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Columbia County, Ga., in 1784;…
BRADLEY, Willis Winter, a Representative from California; born in Ransomville, Niagara County, N.Y., June 28, 1884; moved with his parents to Milnor, N.Dak., in July 1884 and to Forman, N.Dak…
HEFNER, Willie Gathrel (Bill), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Elora, Lincoln County, Tenn., April 11, 1930; attended Elora Elementary School, Elora, Tenn., 1936-1941; graduated…
