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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaBREWER, Willis
(1844—1912)
BREWER, Willis, a Representative from Alabama; born near Livingston, Sumter County, Ala., March 15, 1844; attended the common schools; entered the Confederate Army at the age of eighteen years; journalist, author, and planter; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice at Haynesville, Ala.; treasurer of Lowndes County in 1871; State auditor 1876-1880; member of the State house of representatives 1880-1882; served in the State senate 1882-1890; again a member of the State house of representatives 1890-1894; again served in the State senate 1894-1897; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law and continued his work as an author until his death in Montgomery, Ala., on October 30, 1912; interment in the family mausoleum on Cedars plantation, near Montgomery, Ala.
Brewer, W[illis]. Alabama: Her history, resources, war record, and public men
. Montgomery, Ala.: Barrett & Brown, printers, 1872.
———. The children of Issachar (I Chronicles, xii:32.)
. New York & London: G. P. Putnam’s sons. 1884.
———. Egypt and Israel; an inquiry into the influence of the more ancient people upon Hebrew history and the Jewish religion and some investigation into the facts and statements made as to Jesus of Nazareth
. Cedar Rapids, Ia.: The Torch Press, 1910.
———. The secret of mankind
. New York [etc.]: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1895.
———. Speech...in the House...April 12, 1900 on the Philippine war
. [N.p.], 1900.
———. The war-revenue bill...Speech...in the House...June 9, 1898
. [N.p.], 1898.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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