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{{short description|American politician}}
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'''Raymond Eugene Willis''' ([[August 11]], [[1875]] - [[March 21]], [[1956]]) was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Indiana]]. Born in [[Waterloo, Indiana]], he attended the public schools and graduated from [[Wabash College]] ([[Crawfordsville, Indiana|Crawfordsville]] in 1896. He learned the printer's trade in Waterloo and moved to [[Angola, Indiana]] and engaged in the newspaper publishing business in 1898. He was [[postmaster]] of Angola from 1910 to 1914 and during the [[First World War]] he served as chairman of [[Steuben County, Indiana|Steuben County Council of Defense]], 1917-1918.▼
| image = Raymond Eugene Willis.jpg
| order =
| caption =
| office1 = [[United States Senator]]<br/>from [[Indiana]]
| term_start1 = January 3, 1941
| term_end1 = January 3, 1947
| lieutenant1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Sherman Minton]]
| successor1 = [[William E. Jenner]]
| state_house2 = Indiana
| district2 = [[LaGrange County, Indiana|LaGrange]] and [[Steuben County, Indiana|Steuben]] counties
| term_start2 = November 6, 1918
| term_end2 = November 8, 1922
| predecessor2 = Robert William McClaskey
| successor2 = Murdo (Max) C. Murray
| birth_name = Raymond Eugene Willis
| birth_date = August 11, 1875
| birth_place = [[Waterloo, Indiana]]
| death_date = March 21, 1956 (aged 80)
| death_place = [[Angola, Indiana]]
| spouse =
| party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| alma_mater = [[Wabash College]]
| profession = [[Publisher]]
| relations = [[Mary J. Hornaday]] (niece)
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▲'''Raymond Eugene Willis''' (
From 1919 to 1921, Willis was a member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate in 1938; he was elected as a [[USRepublican|Republican]] to the Senate in 1940, and served from [[January 3]], [[1941]], to [[January 3]], [[1947]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed the publishing business as president of the Steuben Printing Co., and was also trustee of [[Tri-State University]] at Angola. He died in Angola in 1956; interment was in Circle Hill Cemetery. ▼
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==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|W000563}}
*[https://archives.isl.lib.in.us/repositories/2/resources/286 Raymond E Willis papers], Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
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{{U.S. Senator box | state=Indiana | class=3 | before=[[Sherman Minton]] | after=[[William E. Jenner]] | years=1941–1947 | alongside=[[Frederick Van Nuys]], [[Samuel D. Jackson]], [[William E. Jenner]], [[Homer E. Capeheart]]}}
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