Edwin E. Willis

Edwin E. Willis

Edwin Edward Willis (born October 2, 1904 in Arnaudville , St. Martin Parish , Louisiana , †  October 24, 1972 in St. Martinville , Louisiana) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives represented.

Willis graduated from public schools at St. Martin Parish and from Loyola University Law School in New Orleans in 1926 . He was admitted to the bar in 1926 and immediately began practicing in New Orleans. From 1936 he practiced in St. Martinville. He also worked as a law lecturer in evening classes between 1926 and 1936 . He was also the owner and operator of a plantation in St. Martin Parish. He decided to pursue a political career, so that he was elected to the Louisiana Senate in January 1948 , where he remained until his election to the US Congress . He was also a delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention . Willis was in the81st and the nine subsequent US Congresses elected. He worked there from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1969.

During his tenure in Congress in 1956 he was involved in the constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. He was also chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities (from the 88th to the 90th US Congress). He ran unsuccessfully in 1968 for the 90th US Congress . He then worked as a legislative expert and as an author. He also ran a 1,000 acre farm near Arnaudville. He died on October 24, 1972 in St. Martinville and was buried in St. Martin of Tours Catholic Cemetery .

Web links

• Edwin E. Willis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edwin E. Willis in the database of Find a Grave (English)