Edwin Willits

★ U.S. Representative

Born: April 24, 1830
Died: October 22, 1896
Age at death: 66
Home state: Michigan
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1878–1880

Career timeline

1878Rep 1880Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Willits33,257

Opponents36,313

Elections run

Between 1878 and 1880, Edwin Willits ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Willits's biggest single-election total was 18,945 votes, in the 1880 U.S. House election in Michigan's District 2.

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How many votes has Edwin Willits received?

Edwin Willits has received 33,257 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Edwin Willits’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1880	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	18,94550.65%	Waldby Chester Cook
1878	U.S. HouseMichigan	Won	14,31244.49%	E L Card Edgar Thomas Lowrie

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (W000564) and Wikidata (Q1295065). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.