William Willett, Jr.

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William Forte Willett, Jr. (1869–1938) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

William Willett was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 27, 1869. He attended the public schools of his native city and graduated from the law department of New York University, New York City, in 1895. He was admitted to the bar the following year and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City.

Willett was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1911). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910. He engaged in the real estate business.

He died in New York City, on February 12, 1938 and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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• William Willett, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress