William Willis (Maine politician)

William Willis
Born (1794-08-31)August 31, 1794
Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
Died February 17, 1870(1870-02-17) (aged 75)[1]
Portland, Maine, United States
Nationality American
Citizenship United States
Education Harvard College[2]
Occupation Lawyer
Historian
Politician
Known for Mayor of Portland, Maine (1857)

William Willis (1794–1870) was a Portland, Maine lawyer, historian, and politician, and was the partner of William Pitt Fessenden. He was state senator in 1855 and Mayor of Portland, Maine in 1857, president of the Maine Historical Society (1856–1865), and president of the Maine Central Railroad.[3][4] In 1864 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[5]

Bowdoin College, which granted him an honorary degree in 1867, has a small collection of his correspondence, drafts of his writing, and estate information.

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

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=v8RBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=William+Willis+maine+harvard+1813&source=bl&ots=8vIcUb3ruv&sig=IM8lVF81Q4VXwATvmr1MBvJGoMw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwtK7lrJzZAhUDM6wKHbrmAIgQ6AEIOzAE#v=onepage&q=William%20Willis%20maine%20harvard%201813&f=false
  3. ↑ Bowdoin Library
  4. ↑ The Portland Room
  5. ↑ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory


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