Willis James Hulings

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Willis J. Hulings
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 28th district
In office
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by Earl Hanley Beshlin
Succeeded by Harris Jacob Bixler
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by Peter Moore Speer
Succeeded by Samuel Henry Miller
Personal details
Born (1850-07-01)July 1, 1850
Rimersburg, Pennsylvania
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Oil City, Pennsylvania
Political 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.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

1913 - 1915
Succeeded by
Samuel H. Miller
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

1919 - 1921
Succeeded by
Harris J. Bixler


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