Professional and Political Career
He taught school seven years and then entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving charges in Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, New York City, and Stamford, Connecticut. He retired from the ministry in 1884 and settled on a farm near Milford, Delaware and engaged in fruit growing.
Willis was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1892 to the 53rd Congress, but was elected to the 54th Congress, serving from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897. He was an unsuccessful candidate, however, for reelection in 1896 to the 54th Congress, and returned to the full effort of agricultural pursuits.
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