Willis Green

Willis Green ( * in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1845 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

About the life data of Willis Green give the sources inconclusive. What is certain is that he was born in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. There he attended the public schools. He later settled in the area of the future state of Kentucky. In 1783 he was managing clerk in Lincoln County. In 1792 he was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Kentucky. Subsequently he worked as a land surveyor.

Politically, Green appeared only in the 1830s reappear. At that time he was a member of the Whig party. In 1836 and 1837 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1838, he was in the sixth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Calhoon on March 4, 1839. After a re-election he was able to represent this district until March 3, 1843 Congress. In the 1842 elections he was elected in the second district in the U.S. House of Representatives, he represented there as a successor of Philip triplet between 4 March 1843 to 3 March 1845. The time from 1841 was marked by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also discussed annexation since 1836 the independent Republic of Mexico Texas.

After the end of his time in Congress, the trace of Willis Green loses.