Raymond E. Willis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRaymond E. Willis
American politician
Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1875
Place of Birth: Waterloo, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 21-Mar-1956
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About 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. 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, 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.
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