| LC control no. | no2002044435 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 |
| Variant(s) | Willey, W. T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia West Virginia |
| Birth date | 1811-10-18 |
| Death date | 1900-05-02 |
| Place of birth | Marion County (W. Va.) |
| Place of death | Morgantown (W. Va.) |
| Affiliation | Madison College (Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.) United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Found in | Political economy versus the liquor traffic, 1881?: t.p. (Hon. W.T. Willey) OCLC, May 9, 2002 (hdg.: Willey, Waitman Thomas, 1811-1900; Willey, W. T.; usage: Hon. Waitman T. Willey, Hon. W.T. Willey) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 09, 2024 (Willey, Waitman Thomas, a Senator from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in Monongalia County, Va., in what is now a part of Marion County, W.Va., October 18, 1811; graduated from Madison (Pa.) College in 1831; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Morgantown, Va. (now West Virginia); appointed clerk of the county court of Monongalia County in 1841 and later clerk of the Circuit Superior Court, and held both positions until 1852; delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention in 1850 and 1851; elected as a Unionist to the United States Senate from Virginia to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of James M. Mason and served from July 9, 1861, to March 3, 1863; chairman, Committee on Enrolled Bills (Thirty-seventh Congress); delegate to the State constitutional convention of West Virginia; upon the admission of West Virginia as a State into the Union was elected as a Unionist to the United States Senate; reelected in 1865 as a Republican and served from August 4, 1863, to March 3, 1871; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-ninth Congress), Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses); again served as clerk of the county court of Monongalia County 1882-1896; retired from public life; died in Morgantown, W.Va., May 2, 1900; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.) |
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