Willis B. Machen
Willis B. Machen | |
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Official Congressional portrait | |
| United States Senator from Kentucky | |
| In office September 27, 1872 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Garrett Davis |
| Succeeded by | Thomas C. McCreery |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Caldwell and Lyon Counties | |
| In office August 1860 – August 5, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | William B. Acree |
| Succeeded by | W. H. Edmunds (Caldwell) George R. Merritt (Livingston and Lyon) |
| In office August 3, 1857 – August 1, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | George B. Cook |
| Succeeded by | William B. Acree |
| Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 11th district | |
| In office September 1853 – August 6, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph S. Conn |
| Succeeded by | John Q. A. King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1810 |
| Died | September 29, 1893 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Margaret Aurelia Lyon
(m. 1835; died 1852)Eliza N. Dobbins
(m. 1852; died 1859)Victoria Theresa Mims
(m. 1859) |
| Relations | Son-in-law of Chittenden Lyon Grandfather of Zelda Fitzgerald Father-in-law of Anthony D. Sayre |
| Children | at least 17 |
| Alma mater | Cumberland College |
| Occupation | Farmer, Iron worker |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Willis Benson Machen (April 10, 1810 – September 29, 1893) was an American politician who was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1872 to 1873.