Charles W. Willard
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Charles Wesley Willard (June 18, 1827 - June 8, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Born in Lyndon, Vermont, Willard was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1851. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Montpelier in 1853. Secretary of state of Vermont 1855 and 1856. He declined a reelection. He served as member of the State senate 1860 and 1861. He became editor and publisher of the Montpelier Freeman in 1861.
Willard was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Montpelier. He served as member of the commission to revise the laws of Vermont in 1879 and 1880. He died in Montpelier, Vermont, on June 8, 1880. He was interred in Green Mount Cemetery.
