William Willis (Maine politician)

William Willis (1794–1870) was a Portland, Maine lawyer, historian, and politician, and was the partner of William Pitt Fessenden. He was member of the Maine State Senate in 1855 and Mayor of Portland, Maine in 1857, president of the Maine Historical Society (1856–1865), and president of the Maine Central Railroad.[3][4] In 1864 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[5]

This article is about the politician and mayor of Portland, Maine. For other uses of this name, see William Willis.
William Willis
Born(1794-08-31)August 31, 1794
Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
DiedFebruary 17, 1870(1870-02-17) (aged 75)[1]
Portland, Maine, United States
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationHarvard College[2]
OccupationLawyer
Historian
Politician
Known forMayor of Portland, Maine (1857)

Bowdoin College, which granted him an honorary degree in 1867, has a small collection of his correspondence, drafts of his writing, and estate information.

Selected bibliography
  • Willis, William (1833). The History of Portland from its First Settlement. Portland, Maine: Day, Fraser & Co.
  • Willis, William (1863). A History of the Law, the Courts, and the Lawyers of Maine, from Its First Colonization to the Early Part of the Present Century. Portland, Maine: Bailey & Noyes.

References
  1. Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1889). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Gale Research Company. p. 541. William Willis portland maine 1794.
  2. "General Catalogue of Bowdoin College, 1794-1916". 1912.
  3. Bowdoin Library
  4. The Portland Room
  5. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory


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