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Waitman Thomas Willey (October 18, 1811 – May 2, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. One of the founders of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, he served in the United States Senate representing first the Restored Government of Virginia and became one of the new state of West ...
31 de dic. de 2015 · Waitman T. Willey is a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention; there, he argues in favor of the mixed basis of representation and universal white manhood suffrage. 1852 Waitman T. Willey is defeated in his run for the U.S. Congress as the Whig Party candidate.
Waitman T. Willey maintained a successful and lucrative law practice in Morgantown for 67 years. He served as Monongalia County Clerk and clerk of the Circuit Superior Court from 1841 to 1852, and was Morgantown's first Superintendent of Schools.
Waitman Willey. State founder and U.S. Senator Waitman Thomas Willey (October 11, 1811-May 2, 1900) is sometimes called the Father of West Virginia. He was born near Farmington in Marion County and grew up on his family’s farm.
Waitman T. Willey maintained a successful and lucrative law practice in Morgantown for 67 years. He served as Monongalia County Clerk and clerk of the Circuit Superior Court from 1841 to 1852, and was Morgantown's first Superintendent of Schools.
Waitman Willey adopted a reform-oriented interpretation of Union, in which the government had to destroy slavery to realize the founders’ vision of a democratic society in which all (white) men were truly equal.
Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
