Member Biography

Robert Willett 

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1819-1820       9 Democrat
1820-1821       9 Democrat
1821-1822       9 Democrat

Biography


Robert Willett (D9) Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna and Union Counties 1819-1822

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Columbia, Northumberland, and Union Counties, 1813.

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Columbia, Northumberland, and Union Counties, 1814-1815; unsuccessful reelection, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Union County, 1815. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Union County, 1816. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Union County, 1819. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9th district, Special Election, Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna and Union Counties, 1819-1822, death, vacancy, Simon Snyder, died during the 1819-1820 session.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "W" (wilkes.edu)Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

So far this is the only known accurate information.