R. P. Willing Jr. Explained

Predecessor:Robert Burns Mayes
Successor:Elias Alford Rowan
State Senate:Mississippi
District:11th
Termstart:January 1894
Termend:January 1896
Death Place:Jackson, Mississippi
Birth Date:8 October 1863

Robert Patton Willing, Jr. (October 8, 1863 - May 15, 1913) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 11th district (Copiah County), from 1894 to 1896.

Biography

Robert Patton Willing, Junior, was born on October 8, 1863.[1] [2] [3] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1883.[4] He was admitted to the bar in 1887. In 1893, he was nominated by the Democratic Party to succeed the resigning R. B. Mayes to represent the 11th district in the Mississippi Senate. In a special election on December 14, 1893, he defeated Populist candidate W. M. Keithley for the Senate position. He served in the 1894 session of the Senate.[5] He died on May 15, 1913, in his home in Jackson, Mississippi.

References

  1. Book: The Rainbow of the Delta Tau Delta. 1893. 62–63. en.
  2. Book: Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi. 1894. The University of Mississippi. 100. en.
  3. Web site: The Presbyterian of the South from Atlanta, Georgia on June 4, 1913 · 20. 2021-04-29. Newspapers.com. 4 June 1913 . en.
  4. Book: University of Mississippi. Announcements and Catalogue. 1884. 15. en.
  5. Book: Rowland, Dunbar. The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. 1917. Department of Archives and History. en.