About Ellsworth C. Wills
Lived 1911 – 1973 (aged 61). Ellsworth C. Wills was an American military personnel.
Ellsworth Clayton Wills (July 4, 1911 – June 13, 1973) was an American activist and politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1939 to 1941.
Wills was elected as a Democrat with the support of the Washington Commonwealth Federation, but was secretly a member of the Communist Party, a fact which he admitted to during the Canwell Committee hearings in 1948. In turn, he named several other prominent state Democrats as secret Communists.
In his 1951 appraisal of the hearings, Yale Law professor Vern Countryman characterized the testimony of former party members like Wills as "questionable," highlighting that they often passed off personal opinions as "official knowledge."
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Who was Ellsworth C. Wills?
American politician (1911–1973)
When was Ellsworth C. Wills born?
Ellsworth C. Wills was born on 4 July 1911.
When did Ellsworth C. Wills die?
Ellsworth C. Wills died on 13 June 1973.
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Ellsworth C. Wills was a military personnel.
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Ellsworth C. Wills was American.
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