R. Holman Willis

R. Holman Willis
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 21st district
In office
January 9, 1924 – January 11, 1928
Preceded byMarshall B. Booker
Succeeded byAbram P. Staples
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Roanoke City
In office
January 14, 1914 – January 9, 1924
Preceded byWilliam Watts
Succeeded byJames A. Bear
John W. Wright
Personal details
Born
Russell Holman Willis

(1880-01-12)January 12, 1880
Marshall, Missouri, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 1954(1954-08-09) (aged 74)
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBess Bennett Brower
EducationRichmond College (LLB)

Russell Holman Willis (January 12, 1880 – August 9, 1954) was an American Democratic politician who served in the Virginia General Assembly, first as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and later in the Virginia Senate. He held the position of majority floor leader in the House of Delegates from 1916 until his election to the Senate. Willis passed away at age 74 in Roanoke, Virginia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Dodson, E. Griffith (1939). The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919-1939: Register. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 27, 2016.