Willis Brewer | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Albert T. Goodwyn |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Thompson |
| Member of theAlabama Senate | |
| In office 1882-1890, 1894-1897 | |
| Member of theAlabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1880-1882, 1890-1894 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Willis Brewer (1844-03-15)March 15, 1844 Sumter County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | October 30, 1912(1912-10-30) (aged 68) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
Willis Brewer (1844–1912) was aUnited States representative fromAlabama, holding office from 1897 to 1901. Before that, he held multiple terms of office in both theAlabama State Senate and theAlabama House of Representatives. He also held other public offices includingState Auditor of Alabama andtreasurer ofLowndes County, Alabama. He was trained as an attorney and practiced law in the state, was a newspaper editor in both Alabama and Florida, and wrote books about the history of Alabama.
Brewer was born on March 15, 1844, near the town ofLivingston inSumter County, Alabama, to Robert Willis and Jane (Hadden) Brewer. He attended thecommon schools and, at the age of fourteen, entered a local printing business. At seventeen, he and a schoolmate,William R. DeLoach, who later became Judge of the probate court in Sumter County, established a newspaper inMilton, Florida.[1]
During the latter part of theU.S. Civil War, while still engaged in the newspaper business in Florida, Brewer entered theConfederate States Army. Because of health issues, he was unable to serve in the fighting, but served post duty and during the latter part of the war was a staffmember forBrigadier GeneralWirt Adams.
After the war, Brewer studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in 1870. He then began a practice inHayneville, Alabama.[1]
Brewer was appointedTreasurer ofLowndes County, Alabama, in 1871 byGovernorRobert B. Lindsay. He was electedasState Auditor of Alabama, where he served from 1876 to 1880. He served as member of theAlabama House of Representatives from 1880 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1894. He served in theAlabama State Senate from 1882 to 1890 and again from 1894 to 1897.
Brewer was elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-fifth andFifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1901). In April 1898, Brewer was among the six representatives who voted againstdeclaring war on Spain. After an unsuccessful bid for renomination in 1900, he resumed the practice of law and continued his work as an author.
Brewer died inMontgomery, Alabama, on October 30, 1912, and was interred in the family mausoleum on Cedars Plantation near Montgomery.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's 5th congressional district 1897-1901 | Succeeded by |
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