William Franklin Willoughby (born 1867 in

Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C. In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...

– died 1960) was an author of

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texts including works on budgeting. He often worked with his twin brother, Westel W. Willoughby. He graduated from

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, 1885

Family

Wife: Bessie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby Siblings: brother, Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1867–1945); sister, Alice Estelle Willoughby

Biography

He was born on 20 July 1867 in

Westel Willoughby Westel Willoughby (April 3, 1830 – December 21, 1897) was an American lawyer and soldier, who briefly served on the Virginia Supreme Court during Congressional Reconstruction, and unsuccessfully ran for statewide office several times. Early an ...

and his wife Jennie. *Died: 6 May 1960 of a heart attack, Newport News, Virginia *Graduated from

, 1885 *Siblings: brother, Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1867–1945); sister, Alice Estelle Willoughby *Wife: Bessie Talbot (Appleby) Willoughby

Leadership Positions

*Statistical expert for

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, 1885Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary in Virgini

/ref> *Member of International Jury of Awards, Paris Exposition of 1900 *Instructor of economics at Harvard, 1901 *First Director of

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*Treasurer, secretary, and president of Executive Council of Puerto Rico of the Island of

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, appointed Nov. 9 1901 by President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901–1909The New York Times, 10 Nov. 1901
/ref> *Assistant director of U.S. Census, 1910 *Member of U.S. Commission of Economy and Efficiency in Government * McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, 1912 *Deputy legal advisor to president of China, 1914–1916 *Director of the Institute for Government Research, 1916–1932 *President of the American Political Science Association, 1931–1932 *Consultant to the Library of Congress, 1940–1944

Publications

*The Government of Modern States, The Century Co., 1919 *Government Organization in War Time and After: A Survey of the Federal Civil Agencies Created for the Prosecution of the War, 1919 *The National Budget System, With Suggestions for Its Improvement, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1927 *Financial Condition and Operations of the National Government 1921–1930, The Brookings Institution, 1931 *The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States, D. Appleton and Co. NY. 1918

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* * 1867 births 1960 deaths Johns Hopkins University alumni Harvard University staff Public administration scholars American twins People from Alexandria, Virginia Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences {{polisci-bio-stub