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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyAlbert Shelby WILLIS
(1843-1897)
WILLIS, Albert Shelby, a
Representative from Kentucky; born in Shelbyville, Shelby County,
Ky., January 22, 1843; attended the common schools, and was
graduated from the Louisville (Ky.) Male High School in 1860;
taught school four years; was graduated from the Louisville Law
School in 1866; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice
of law in Louisville; prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County
1874-1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the four
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1887); chairman,
Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886;
resumed the practice of law; appointed Minister to Hawaii by
President Cleveland in 1893 and served until his death in Honolulu,
Hawaii, January 6, 1897; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery,
Louisville, Ky.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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