R. P. Willing Jr.

R. P. Willing Jr.
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 11th district
In office
January 1894 – January 1896
Preceded byRobert Burns Mayes
Succeeded byElias Alford Rowan
Personal details
Born(1863-10-08)October 8, 1863
DiedMay 15, 1913(1913-05-15) (aged 49)
Jackson, Mississippi

Robert Patton Willing, Jr. (October 8, 1863 - May 15, 1913) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 11th district (Copiah County), from 1894 to 1896.

Biography

Robert Patton Willing, Junior, was born on October 8, 1863.[1][2][3] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1883.[1][3][4] He was admitted to the bar in 1887.[1] In 1893, he was nominated by the Democratic Party to succeed the resigning R. B. Mayes to represent the 11th district in the Mississippi Senate.[1] In a special election on December 14, 1893, he defeated Populist candidate W. M. Keithley for the Senate position.[1] He served in the 1894 session of the Senate.[5] He died on May 15, 1913, in his home in Jackson, Mississippi.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e The Rainbow of the Delta Tau Delta. 1893. pp. 62–63.
  2. ^ Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi, at Oxford, Mississippi. The University of Mississippi. 1894. p. 100.
  3. ^ a b c "The Presbyterian of the South from Atlanta, Georgia on June 4, 1913 · 20". Newspapers.com. 4 June 1913. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  4. ^ University of Mississippi (1884). Announcements and Catalogue. p. 15.
  5. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.


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