Willis C. Hawley

Willis Chatman Hawley ( born May 5, 1864 in Monroe, Benton County, Oregon, † July 24, 1941 in Salem, Oregon ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1933 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

Willis Hawley attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1888, the Willamette University, where he studied law among others. In the following years he went through a career in the teaching profession. Already from 1884 to 1886, ie before the end of his studies, he worked as a teacher. Between 1888 and 1891 he was head of the Oregon State Normal School in drain and from 1893 to 1902 he was President of Willamette University. At this university he taught for 16 years, the subjects of history and economics. In 1893 he was admitted as a lawyer. He was also involved in several business enterprises.

Political career

Willis Hawley joined the Republican Party. He was a member of the Commission for the Protection of Forests campaigned ( National Forest Reservation Commission), and belonged to another Commission, referring to the award of credit in rural areas care ( Committee on Rural Credits ). Hawley was also on the organizing committee that was preparing the celebrations for the 200th birthday of George Washington. In the congressional elections of 1906 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he replaced 1907 Binger Hermann on March 4. After he was confirmed in the following years each, he was able to complete a total of 13 legislative sessions in Congress until March 3, 1933. At times he was Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. In 1930 he was one of the initiators of the Smoot- Hawley Tariff Act, a law by which the import duties were increased to a historical high.

In 1932, Hawley missed the re- nomination of his party. He then retired to Salem, where he worked the last years as a lawyer.

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