Willis A. Trafton Jr. | |
Office1: | Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 1955 |
Term End1: | 1956 |
Predecessor1: | Roswell P. Bates |
Successor1: | Joseph T. Edgar |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1918 |
Birth Place: | Auburn, Maine, U.S. |
Death Place: | Auburn, Maine, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Virginia Grier[1] |
Children: | five |
Alma Mater: | Yale University, Harvard Law School |
Profession: | Attorney |
Willis Allen Trafton Jr. (November 13, 1918 – April 3, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine.[2] A Republican from Auburn, Maine, Trafton served in the Maine House of Representatives and was its Speaker from 1955 to 1956.[3] [4] He was a lawyer, with degrees from Yale University and Harvard University (1947).[5] He also was the Republican nominee for Governor of Maine in the 1956 Maine gubernatorial election.