Charles Wesley Willard was an American politician, lawyer and newspaper editor. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Willard was born in Lyndon, Vermont, son of Thomas Willard and Abigail Willard. He attended Caledonia County Grammar School and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1851. Willard studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He began the practice of law in Montpelier. In 1855 and 1856 he was Secretary of State of Vermont. He declined reelection, then served as member of the Vermont State Senate in 1860 and 1861. He became editor and publisher of the Daily Green Mountain Freeman in 1861, and served in those positions until 1873.
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