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HAWLEY, Willis Chatman

HAWLEY, Willis Chatman
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HAWLEY, Willis Chatman
1864–1941

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Oregon

Party

Republican

Congress(es)

60th (1907–1909), 61st (1909–1911), 62nd (1911–1913), 63rd (1913–1915), 64th (1915–1917), 65th (1917–1919), 66th (1919–1921), 67th (1921–1923), 68th (1923–1925), 69th (1925–1927), 70th (1927–1929), 71st (1929–1931), 72nd (1931–1933)

Leadership Positions

Republican Conference Chair - 69th, 70th, 71st, 72nd

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Biography

HAWLEY, Willis Chatman, a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm in the old Belknap settlement near Monroe, Benton County, Oreg., May 5, 1864; attended the country schools and was graduated from the academic and law departments of Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., in 1888; principal of the Umpqua Academy, Wilbur, Oreg., 1884-1886; president of the Oregon State Normal School at Drain 1888-1891; was admitted to the bar in Oregon in 1893; president of Willamette University 1893-1902 and was professor of history and economics for sixteen years; engaged in numerous business and educational enterprises; member of the National Forest Reservation Commission; member of the Special Committee on Rural Credits created by Congress in 1915; member of the Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses); co-sponsor of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; returned to Salem and resumed the practice of law; died in Salem, Oreg., July 24, 1941; interment in City View Cemetery.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

Oregon Historical Society

Portland, OR
Papers: In the Guy Cordon papers, 1917-1943, 1 cubic foot. Includes correspondence with Senator Cordon regarding state and national politics.
Papers: In the William Delzell papers, 1896-1930, 2 folders.
Papers: In Eva Emery Dye papers, 1879-1936, 2 cubic feet. Includes congressional papers and correspondence and photographs regarding women's suffrage and political issues surrounding it. Finding aid in repository.

Oregon State Archives

Salem, OR
Papers: In the William P. Lord papers, 1894-1903, 2 cubic feet. Includes letters from Hawley to Governor Lord regarding political issues. Finding aid in repository.

University of Oregon Library

Eugene, OR
Papers: In the Wallace U. Douglas papers, 1899-1936, 5 cubic feet.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Liechty, Elden Elmer. "Economic and Political Forces Shaping the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930." Ph.D. diss., University of Utah, 1972.

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