Edwin Edward Willis (October 2, 1904-- October 24, 1972) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democrat, he served in the Louisiana state Senate in 1948 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 - 1969. He was a member of Louisiana's Earl Kemp Long political faction. October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Earl Kemp Long (26 August 1895 - 5 September 1960) was an American politician and three-time Governor of Louisiana. ...

Willis was born in Arnaudville in St. Landry Parish, the eleventh of twelve children of Olanda Willis and the former Julia Hardy. He graduated from St. Martinville High School in St. Martin Parish. In 1926, Willis obtained credentials from the law school of Loyola University in New Orleans. He began his law practice in New Orleans and also owned and operated a plantation in St. Martin Parish. Arnaudville is a town in St. ... St. ... The city of St. ... St. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... A plantation is an intentional planting of a crop, on a larger scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. ...

He was elected to the Louisiana state Senate in 1948 but served only a term because he later in the same year unseated James R. Domengeaux in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House. Willis held the congressional seat for ten terms. He was the chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities during the 88th, 89th, and 90th congresses (1963-1969). He supported anti-communist Cold War laws, such as the McCarran-Walter Internal Security Act of 1950. Willis was in effect the last chairman of the HUAC, which was reconstituted as the Committee on Internal Security in 1969. During the 1960s, Willis viewed both the civil rights movement and opposition to the Vietnam War as reflections of communist influences. He voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also spoke out against the radicalism of the Ku Klux Klan. HUAC hearings House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA) (1938–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... For other uses, please see Cold War (disambiguation). ... The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952 (better known as the McCarran-Walter Act) was a law passed by the United States Congress restricting immigration into the United States. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10) outlawed the requirement that would-be voters in the United States take literacy tests to qualify to register to vote, and it provided for federal registration of voters -- instead of state or local voter registration which had often been denied... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

In Congress, Willis sought to secure subsidies for sugar planters. He successfully sponsored legislation to obtain federal funds for the protective levee in the Morganza Spillway in Pointe Coupee Parish. With his colleagues, he fought for federal royalty payments to the State of Louisiana from tidelands oil revenues. Magnification of typical sugar In non-scientific use, the term sugar means sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... A levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, to raise), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial embankment or dike, usually earthen, which parallels the course of a river. ... Pointe Coupee Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...

In 1966, though he had suffered a series of strokes, Willis still defeated Lafayette oilman Hall McCord Lyons (1923-1998), son of then Republican state chairman and former gubernatorial candidate Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr., of Shreveport. Willis received 46,533 votes (59.7 percent) to Lyons' 31,444 (40.3 percent). Lyons, who ran on a staunchly conservative platform, carried Iberia Parish with 51.4 percent of the vote and received 46 percent in Lafayette Parish. Hall Lyons later left the Republican Party and was the American Independent Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1972. In retrospect, 1966 was a warning to Willis about his electoral future. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Hall McCord Lyons (December 22, 1923 -- July 22, 1998) was a Shreveport and, later, Lafayette oilman who for a short time was a pioneer in the establishment of a competititve Republican Party in Louisiana. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... // The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr. ... Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ... Conservative may refer to: Conservatism, political philosophy A member of a Conservative Party Conservative extension, premise of deductive logic Conservativity theorem, mathematical proof of conservative extension Conservative Judaism britney spears Category: ... Iberia Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Lafayette Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... The American Independent Party is a California political party. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Willis supported President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey in the 1964 and 1968 campaigns compiled a generally liberal voting record in Congress, at least according to Louisiana standards. In 1968, he was denied renomination by a conservative Democrat, Patrick Thomson "Pat" Caffery (born 1932). Willis' health problems may have contributed to his defeat. Caffery won the general election and held the seat until January 1973, when he was succeeded by Republican leader David C. Treen (born 1928) of suburban New Orleans. Caffery did not seek a third term in 1972. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). ... Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... David Conner Treen, Sr. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ...

Willis married the former Estelle Bulliard on December 9, 1929. They had a son, Bobby Willis. December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Edwin Willis died in St. Martinville and is interred there in St. Michael's Cemetery, which is owned by the St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church. The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ...

References

• Billy Hathorn, "The Republican Party in Louisiana, 1920-1980, Master's thesis (1980), Northwestern State University at Natchitoches

• "Edwin E. Willis", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 2 (1988), p. 853

• Official Congressional Biography

• http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000017