Raymond Eugene Willis was a United States Senator from Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. Born in Waterloo, Indiana

Waterloo, Indiana

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, he attended the public schools and graduated from Wabash College

Wabash College

Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only three remaining traditional all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.-History:Wabash College was founded...

 in 1896. He learned the printer's trade in Waterloo and moved to Angola, Indiana

Angola, Indiana

Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Steuben County . Angola was founded by Thomas Gale and Cornelius Gilmore. Angola is home to Trine University...

 and engaged in the newspaper publishing business in 1898. He was postmaster

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 of Angola from 1910 to 1914 and during the First World War he served as chairman of Steuben County Council of Defense

Steuben County, Indiana

Steuben County is a county located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 34,185. The county seat is Angola...

, 1917-1918.

From 1919 to 1921, Willis was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives

Indiana House of Representatives

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 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate in 1938; he was elected as a Republican

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 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

Tri-State University

Trine University is a postsecondary educational institution based in Angola, Indiana, United States. It has satellite campuses in South Bend/Mishawaka, Schererville, Logansport, Indiana, Indianapolis, Howe, Columbus Warsaw, and Fort Wayne.-History:...

at Angola. He died in Angola in 1956; interment was in Circle Hill Cemetery.