Willis Wendell (September 2, 1858 – January 25, 1928) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.
He was the son of Harmon Wendell, a drug store proprietor and knit goods manufacturer in Amsterdam, and Almira M.
[1] After attending Amsterdam Academy, Wendell spent the next two years in Detroit, Michigan, where he worked for a grain commission house.
He mainly conducted a wholesale chemical, oil, and dyestuff business, and in 1887 he began building warehouses for storing raw materials and manufactured products.
He was a member of the Freemasons, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and the Holland Society.