Raymond E. Willis

Raymond Eugene Willis (August 11, 1875  March 21, 1956) was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Waterloo, Indiana, he attended the public schools and graduated from Wabash College in 1896. He learned the printer's trade in Waterloo and moved to Angola, Indiana and engaged in the newspaper publishing business in 1898. He was postmaster of Angola from 1910 to 1914 and during the First World War he served as chairman of Steuben County Council of Defense, 1917-1918.

Raymond E. Willis
United States Senator
from Indiana
In office
January 3, 1941  January 3, 1947
Preceded bySherman Minton
Succeeded byWilliam E. Jenner
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
In office
1919–1921
Personal details
Born
Raymond Eugene Willis

August 11, 1875
Waterloo, Indiana
DiedMarch 21, 1956 (aged 80)
Angola, Indiana
Political partyRepublican
Alma materWabash College
ProfessionPublisher

From 1919 to 1921, Willis was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate in 1938, losing to moderate incumbent Democrat Frederick Van Nuys by about 5,100 votes; he was elected as a Republican to the Senate in 1940, narrowly unseating Democratic Sherman Minton, and served from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1947. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed the publishing business as president of the Steuben Printing Co., and was also trustee of Tri-State University at Angola. He died in Angola in 1956; interment was in Circle Hill Cemetery.

References

  • United States Congress. "Raymond E. Willis (id: W000563)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Party political offices
Preceded by
James Eli Watson
Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Indiana
(Class 3)

1938
Succeeded by
William E. Jenner
Preceded by
Arthur Raymond Robinson
Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Indiana
(Class 1)

1940
Succeeded by
William E. Jenner
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
Sherman Minton
U.S. senator (Class 3) from Indiana
19411947
Served alongside: Frederick Van Nuys, Samuel D. Jackson, William E. Jenner, Homer E. Capeheart
Succeeded by
William E. Jenner
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