Van Devanter
WILLIS, American jurist, born in Marion, Ind., Marion, Ind., in 1859. He graduated from DePauw VAN DYCK University and from the Cincinnati Law School. For several years he practiced law in Marion, Ind., and then removed to Cheyenne, Wyo. He acted as city attorney for that city and as a member of the Territorial Legislature.
In 1889-90 he was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, and from 1897 to 1903 was assistant attorney 1897 to 1903 was general of the United States. He was appointed United States circuit judge in 1903, serving until 1910, when he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States . assistant attorney VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. See TAS MANIA.