Biography

07/01/1850 - 08/08/1924

Brigadier General Willis James Hulings (R48) Venango and Warren Counties 1907-1910

Early Life:

Brigadier General Willis James Hulings, born July 1, 1850, Rimersburg, Clarion County, Pa; son of Marcus and Margaret McDermott-McElwee Hulings; Kittanning public schools; Kittanning Academy; studied law; admitted, bars of Venango and Allegheny Counties, Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arizona; civil engineer; engaged, mining, petroleum business; private, brigadier general, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1876-1912; Brigadier General, Spanish-American War, 1898; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1881-1887; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 1906-1910; elected, Progressive, Sixty-third Congress, 1913-1915, unsuccessful candidate, reelection, Sixty-fourth Congress, 1914; elected, Republican, Sixty-sixth Congress, 1919-1921, unsuccessful candidate, reelection, Sixty-seventh Congress, 1920; died, August 8, 1924, (aged 74), Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania; interment in Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Enlisted, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1876, served in the various grades, elected Colonel, Sixteenth Regiment, February, 1887, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1907; volunteered, Colonel, Sixteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, May 10 , 1898, served in Porto Rico, promoted, grade of Brigadier General, United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in action; was Commander- in – Chief, National Association, Spanish -American War Veterans, 1900-1901: member, Sons of the American Revolution; appointed Brigadier General, National Guard of Pennsylvania, August 28, 1907.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1881-1887.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 48th district, Venango and Warren Counties, 1907-1910; committee assignments, Appropriations, Forestry, Judiciary General, Legislative Apportionment, Military Affairs (Chairman), Public Grounds and Buildings, Public Roads and Highways.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Progressive, Sixty-third Congress, 1913-1915, unsuccessful candidate, reelection, Sixty-fourth Congress, 1914.

Elected, Republican, Sixty-sixth Congress, 1919-1921, unsuccessful candidate, reelection, Sixty-seventh Congress, 1920.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 993, 1000-1003, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 972.

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