Willis James Hulings (July 1, 1850 – August 8, 1924) was a

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and a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Willis J. Hulings was born in

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. He attended the Kittanning Academy. He studied law and was admitted to practice in

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, and

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. 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

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during the

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. He was a member of the

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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

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. Interment in Grove Hill Cemetery.

References

The Political Graveyard

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