Willis James Hulings

Willis James Hulings ( born July 1, 1850 in Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, † August 8, 1924 in Oil City, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915, and again from 1919 to 1921, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Willis Hulings attended the common schools and the Kittanning Academy. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted as a lawyer. Whether he has actually practiced law, is not known. In the following years he worked as a civil engineer. He also worked in the mining business and in the petroleum industry. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1881 and 1887 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. From 1876 to 1912 Hulings was also active in the National Guard of Pennsylvania, in which he rose to brigadier general. As such, he also took part in the Spanish-American War of 1898. From 1906 to 1910 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania. In 1912, he joined, founded by former President Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Party.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Hulings was the 28th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Republican Peter Moore Speer on March 4, 1913. Since he was not re-elected in 1914, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915. At that time, the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. It was about the introduction of the federal income tax and the direct election of U.S. senators.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Hulings returned to the Republicans. In the 1918 elections, he was elected to Congress again in the 28th district of his state, where he Democrat Earl Hanley Beshlin replaced on March 4, 1919. In 1920, he was not confirmed in its mandate. Therefore, he could spend up to March 3, 1921 just another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the years 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages or to the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage.

After his final retirement from Congress Willis Hulings is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 8 August 1924 in Oil City, where he was also buried.