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Frank B. Willis

American politician (1871-1928)

Field	Value
name	Frank B. Willis
image	Frank B Willis 2.jpg
order	47th
office	Governor of Ohio
term_start	January 11, 1915
term_end	January 8, 1917
lieutenant	John Holmes Arnold
predecessor	James M. Cox
successor	James M. Cox
order2	United States Senator
from Ohio
term_start2	January 14, 1921
term_end2	March 30, 1928
predecessor2	Warren G. Harding
successor2	Cyrus Locher
state3	Ohio
district3	8th
term_start3	March 4, 1911
term_end3	January 9, 1915
preceded3	Ralph D. Cole
succeeded3	John A. Key
state_house4	Ohio
district4	Hardin County
term_start4	January 1, 1900
term_end4	January 3, 1905
preceded4	N. R. Piper
succeeded4	J. B. Pumphrey
birth_name	Frank Bartlett Willis
birth_date
birth_place	Lewis Center, Ohio, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Delaware, Ohio, U.S.
party	Republican
restingplace	Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio
spouse	Allie Dustin
children	1
education	Ohio Northern University (BA)

from Ohio Frank Bartlett Willis (December 28, 1871 – March 30, 1928) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Republican from Ohio. He served as the 47th governor of Ohio from 1915 to 1917, then served as a U.S. senator from Ohio from 1921 until his death in 1928.

Biography

Born on a farm near the hamlet of Lewis Center, Ohio, Willis was the son of a Civil War veteran, Vermont-born J.B. Willis and his wife Lavinia A. (Buell). Willis graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1894. After teaching at Ohio Northern for twelve years, Willis was admitted to the bar and began practicing law. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1900 to 1904 while teaching at Ohio Northern school of law, and was subsequently elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1910, serving from 1911 to 1915. Elected to the governorship in 1914, he served one two-year term from 1915 to 1917, but was not re-elected, being defeated by James M. Cox, whom he had defeated in 1914. Cox also defeated Willis in 1918.

After placing Warren Harding's name in nomination at the 1920 Republican National Convention, Willis was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1920, replacing Harding, who then resigned his Senate seat to take the presidency, allowing Willis to take his seat early. During his Senate tenure, Willis served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions, which had jurisdiction over territories including Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, from 1923 to 1928.

Willis wanted to be Ohio's favorite son candidate for the presidency in 1928. He died in office that year at Gray Chapel, Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, Ohio, during a Republican Party event for his candidacy organized by the Delaware County Willis-for-President Club. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Legacy

Willis's official papers were donated to and are open for research at the Ohio History Center.

Frank B. Willis Education Center (formerly Intermediate School and High School) of Delaware City Schools is named in his honor.

Willis was married to Allie Dustin, and they had one daughter named Helen.

References

(January 12, 1928). "How 'Favorite Son' Politics Works". [[The Pittsburgh Press]].
(1903). "Representative men of Ohio, 1900–1903". James K. Mercer.

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