Edwin Willits

Edwin Willits ( born April 24, 1830 in Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York, † October 22, 1896 in Washington DC) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In September 1836 Edwin Willits came with his parents in the Michigan Territory, where he studied at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor until 1855. He then settled in the town of Monroe. Between 1856 and 1861 he published the newspaper " Monroe Commercial". After studying law and its made ​​in December 1857 admitted to the bar he began in Monroe to work in his new profession. Between 1860 and 1862 acted as Willits District Attorney in Monroe County. From 1860 to 1872 he was a member of the education committee of his state. He was also from 1863 and 1866 postmaster of the city of Monroe. In 1873 Willits participated in a Commission to revise the constitution of Michigan.

Politically, Willits member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1876, he was elected in the second district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Henry Waldron on March 4, 1877. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 three legislative periods. From 1881 to 1883 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Department of Justice.

In 1882, Willits gave up another Congress candidate. He then spent 1883-1885 the State Normal School in Ypsilanti. From 1885 to 1889 he was president of the Michigan Agricultural College. Then Willits was 1889-1893 State Secretary ( First Assistant Secretary ) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He then worked in the federal capital Washington as a lawyer. He is also passed on 22 October 1896. He was buried in Monroe.

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