Francis Willis

Francis Willis (born January 5, 1745 in Frederick County , Colony of Virginia , †  January 25, 1829 in Maury County , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1791 and 1793 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Willis grew up during the British colonial era. He attended the public schools in his home country. During the War of Independence he rose in the Continental Army from captain to colonel. In 1784 he settled in Wilkes County , Georgia, where he began a political career.

In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1790 he was elected for the third mandate of Georgia to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded George Mathews on March 4, 1791 . Until March 3, 1793 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . In 1793, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were passed there.

Willis later moved to Maury County, Tennessee. There he ran again for Congress in 1824 at the age of almost 80; but he was defeated by the later US President James K. Polk . Francis Willis died on January 25, 1829 and was buried in Carters Creek .

Web links

• Francis Willis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis Willis in the database of Find a Grave (English)