William Willis (Maine politician)
William Willis | |
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| Born | August 31, 1794 Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | February 17, 1870 (aged 75) Portland, Maine, United States |
| Education | Harvard College[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer Historian Politician |
| Known for | Mayor of Portland, Maine (1857) |
William Willis (August 31, 1794 – February 17, 1870) was a lawyer, historian, and politician from Portland, Maine. He was the partner of William Pitt Fessenden. He was member of the Maine State Senate in 1855 and Mayor of Portland in 1857, president of the Maine Historical Society (1856–1865), and president of the Maine Central Railroad.[2][3] In 1864, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[4]
Bowdoin College, which granted him an honorary degree in 1867, has a small collection of his correspondence, drafts of his writing, and estate information.
Willis died in 1870, aged 75.[5]
Selected bibliography
- Willis, William (1833). The History of Portland from its First Settlement. Portland, Maine: Day, Fraser & Co.
- Willis, William (1863). A History of the Law, the Courts, and the Lawyers of Maine, from Its First Colonization to the Early Part of the Present Century. Portland, Maine: Bailey & Noyes.
References
- ^ "General Catalogue of Bowdoin College, 1794-1916". 1912.
- ^ Bowdoin Library
- ^ "The Portland Room". Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2008.
- ^ "American Antiquarian Society Members Directory". Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1889). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Gale Research Company. p. 541.
William Willis portland maine 1794.
External links
- Shade Trees — an exert from History of Portland, By William Willis written in 1864
- Mayors of Portland, Maine
- www.geocities.com