Willis J. Hulings was born in
Rimersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the
Kittanning Academy. He studied law and was admitted to practice in
Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, and
Arizona. He became a civil engineer and was engaged in mining and the petroleum business. Hulings was elected as a Republican to the
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives and served from 1881 to 1887. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania National Guard from 1876 to 1912, serving in the various grades from private to brigadier general. He served as a general in the
United States Army during the
Spanish–American War. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate from 1906 to 1910. He was elected as a Progressive to the
Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-sixth Congress, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920. He died in
Oil City, Pennsylvania. Interment in Grove Hill Cemetery. ==References==