Willett was elected as a
Democrat to the
Sixtieth and
Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1911). On January 18, 1909, Willett denounced President
Theodore Roosevelt in a speech that was so outrageous that he was ordered to sit down, and the House voted 126 to 78 against allowing him to continue. On January 27, the House, by voice vote, expunged the speech from the
Congressional Record for "language improper and in violation of the privileges of debate". Willett did not stand for renomination in 1910. == Conspiracy and bribery ==