William Forte WILLETT, Jr., Congress, NY (1869-1938)

WILLETT William Forte, Jr. , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 27, 1869; attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from the law department of New York University, New York City, in 1895; was admitted to the bar the following year and commenced the practice of his profession in New York City; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); was not a candidate for renomination in 1910; engaged in the real estate business; died in New York City, February 12, 1938; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present