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Willcox, Washington F

lawyer, congressman, was born in Killingworth, Conn. He was elected a member of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1862 and 1863; and was elected to the state senate in 1875 and 1876. He was appointed state attorney in 1875, and held that office continuously for eight years. He was elected to the fifty-first congress and reelected to the fiftysecond congress as a democrat. In 1897 he was appointed railroad commissioner; and was elected by his associates chairman of the board.