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Willis Green

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Willis Green
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byJohn Calhoon
Succeeded byJohn H. McHenry
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
1836–1837
Personal details
Born1818 (1818)
Madison County, Kentucky, U.S.
Died1893 (aged 74–75)
Danville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeCave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyWhig

Willis Green (1818–1893) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Life

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Willis Green, son of Stephen Green and Elizabeth Stuart Green, was born in Madison County, Kentucky about 1818. Willis owned a mill at the Falls of Rough. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837.

Green was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845).

Green died in 1893, in Danville, Kentucky. He was buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky

References

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  • United States Congress. "Willis Green (id: G000423)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 6th congressional district

March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Succeeded by