Willis Arnold Gorman
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Willis Arnold Gorman (
January 12,
1816 to
May 20,
1876) was an
American politican who served in the
United States House of Representatives from
March 4,
1849 to
March 3,
1853 from
Indiana and was the 2nd Territorial
Governor of Minnesota from
May 15,
1853 to
April 231857 appointed to this post by
President Franklin Pierce. He also served in the
Minnesota House of Representatives from
May 11,
1858 to
January 1859. He was a Democrat.