R. P. Willing Jr. | |
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Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 11th district | |
In office January 1894 –January 1896 | |
Preceded by | Robert Burns Mayes |
Succeeded by | Elias Alford Rowan |
Personal details | |
Born | October 8,1863 |
Died | May 15,1913 49) | (aged
Robert Patton Willing,Jr. (October 8,1863 - May 15,1913) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate,representing the 11th district (Copiah County),from 1894 to 1896.
Robert Patton Willing,Junior,was born on October 8,1863. [1] [2] [3] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1883. [1] [3] [4] He was admitted to the bar in 1887. [1] In 1893,he was nominated by the Democratic Party to succeed the resigning R. B. Mayes to represent the 11th district in the Mississippi Senate. [1] In a special election on December 14,1893,he defeated Populist candidate W. M. Keithley for the Senate position. [1] He served in the 1894 session of the Senate. [5] He died on May 15,1913,in his home in Jackson,Mississippi. [3]