Willis J. Hulings Explained

Willis J. Hulings
Image Name:File:HULLINGS, WILLIS J. LCCN2016858467 (2) (cropped).jpg
State1:Pennsylvania
District1:28th
Term Start1:March 4, 1919
Term End1:March 3, 1921
Preceded1:Earl Hanley Beshlin
Succeeded1:Harris Jacob Bixler
Term Start2:March 4, 1913
Term End2:March 3, 1915
Preceded2:Peter Moore Speer
Succeeded2:Samuel Henry Miller
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
Term3:1906-1910
Office4:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term4:1881-1887
Birth Date:1 July 1850
Birth Place:Rimersburg, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Oil City, Pennsylvania
Party:Progressive
Republican

Willis James Hulings (July 1, 1850 – August 8, 1924) was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Willis J. Hulings was born in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the Kittanning Academy. He studied law and was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Arizona. He became a civil engineer and was engaged in mining and the petroleum business.

Hulings was elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives and served from 1881 to 1887. He was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1876 to 1912, serving in the various grades from private to brigadier general. He served as a general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1906 to 1910. He was elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920. He died in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Interment in Grove Hill Cemetery.

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