14 Facts About Edwin Willits

Edwin Willits was a politician from the US state of Michigan.

Edwin Willits was born in Otto, New York and moved to Michigan with his parents in September 1836.

Edwin Willits graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in June 1855.

Edwin Willits studied law and was admitted to the bar in December 1857 and commenced practice in Monroe.

Edwin Willits married Jane Ingersoll in 1856 and was a Presbyterian.

Edwin Willits served as prosecuting attorney of Monroe County from 1860 to 1862 and was a member of the State board of education from 1860 to 1872.

Edwin Willits was appointed postmaster of Monroe on January 1,1863, by President Abraham Lincoln, and removed by President Andrew Johnson on October 15,1866.

Edwin Willits was a member of the commission to revise the Michigan Constitution in 1873.

In 1876, Edwin Willits was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 45th United States Congress and subsequently re-elected to the 46th, and 47th Congresses, serving from March 4,1877 to March 3,1883.

Edwin Willits was not a candidate for renomination in 1882.

Edwin Willits was principal of the Michigan State Normal School at Ypsilanti from 1883 to 1885.

Edwin Willits served as president of the State Agricultural College from 1885 to 1889 where he inaugurated the school's mechanical engineering program and secured state funding for its initial building.

Edwin Willits continued the practice of law in Washington, DC, until his death there.

Edwin Willits was interred in Woodland Cemetery in Monroe, Michigan.