Earl Willits

Earl Willits
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 31st district
In office
January 8, 1973 – July 30, 1979
Preceded byGeorge Milligan
Succeeded byGary L. Baugher
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 57th district
In office
January 11, 1971 – January 7, 1973
Preceded byJewell Waugh
Succeeded byAndrew Varley
Personal details
Born(1946-10-30)October 30, 1946
Marshalltown, Iowa
DiedJuly 11, 1990(1990-07-11) (aged 43)
Des Moines, Iowa
Political partyDemocratic

Earl M. Willits (October 30, 1946 – July 11, 1990) was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 57th district from 1971 to 1973 and in the Iowa Senate from the 31st district from 1973 to 1979.[1][2]

Willits graduated from Union-Whitten High School, earned an undergraduate degree from Iowa State University in 1968. He earned the Cardinal's Key for academic excellence. In 1970, he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives. In 1972, he was elected to the Iowa Senate. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Drake University Law School in 1974.[3]

In 1979, he resigned from the Senate to work in the farm division of the Attorney General Office, but later became the First Assistant Attorney General.[3]

Earl married Martha Oldson of Eagle Grove in 1969 and they had of two daughters. They were divorced in 1986.[3] He died of AIDS on July 11, 1990, in Des Moines, Iowa at age 43.[4]

  1. ^ "The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on July 12, 1990 · Page 33". Newspapers.com. 1990-07-12. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  2. ^ "Earl M. Willits". Legis.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  3. ^ a b c The Iowa Legislature website: Earl Willits biography page
  4. ^ "The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on July 15, 1990 · Page 87". Newspapers.com. 1990-07-15. Retrieved 2019-06-05.