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William Williams (New York politician)

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William Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Preceded byDavid S. Bennett
Succeeded byGeorge Gilbert Hoskins
Constituency30th district (1871–73)
Personal details
Born(1815-09-06)September 6, 1815
Bolton, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 10, 1876(1876-09-10) (aged 61)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse
Lovisa Kirkland Stedman
(m. 1838)
Children3
Profession
  • Banker
  • politician
  • railroad executive

William Williams (September 6, 1815 – September 10, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from New York, member of the New York State Assembly, railroad executive, and banker.

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Early life

William Williams was born in Bolton, Connecticut, on September 6, 1815, to Sarah and Samuel Williams.[1] He grew up and attended local schools in Bolton. At the age of 17, he moved to Georgia to work in a commercial business, but returned back to Bolton after falling ill.[1]

Career

Banking career

He worked at a bank in Norwich, Connecticut, before moving to Windham where he served as a clerk in his uncle's bank, Bank of Windham.[1] In 1838, he moved to Sandusky, Ohio, and worked as a cashier at the Bank of Sandusky.[1] He and his wife then moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1839, where he was made a partner of a banking business owned by his uncle, George C. White, and started a branch called White and Williams (later renamed White's Bank of Buffalo).[1] He remained as a clerk there for 12 years. In 1856, Williams and some friends founded the Clinton Bank of Buffalo.[1]

Railroad executive and soldier

Williams was a financier, director, and president of the State Line Railroad Company, a railroad from Buffalo, New York to Erie, Pennsylvania, in the 1850s.[1]

During the Civil War, he served under Millard Fillmore's command in the Union Continentals, a corps of home guards over the age of 45 from Upstate New York.[1]

After the Civil War, in 1869, Williams while president of the Buffalo and Erie Railroad, helped organize its consolidation into the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.[1] He was elected as the first vice president of the new corporation. He also served as the director of the Michigan Southern Railway, and in 1873, was elected director of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company.[1]

Political and civic career

In 1841, Williams was elected Treasurer of Buffalo.[1] He was elected to the Buffalo Common Council in 1845.[1]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1866 (Erie Co., 1st D.), and 1867 (Erie Co., 2nd D.).

Williams was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873). He accepted the nomination on condition that Grover Cleveland, a lawyer in his personal attorney's office, was nominated as sheriff for Erie County, New York.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.[1]

Later life

In 1874, he withdrew from public life and business due to his deteriorating health.[1] He suffered financial losses during the Panic of 1873.[1]

Personal life

Williams met Lovisa Kirkland Stedman while living in Windham, Connecticut.[1] They married on October 9, 1838. They had three children:[1]

  • Catherine Stedman Williams (1839–1841), who died young.[1]
  • Griffin Stedman Williams (1841–1911), who married Mary Pearce Harrison, a daughter of banker James Cooke Harrison and granddaughter of lawyer Jonas Harrison, in 1871.[2]
  • Charles Gordon Williams (1847–1895), who married Georgiana Metcalfe, daughter of George Metcalfe, in 1874.[1]

He lived in retirement until his death at his home in Buffalo, New York, on September 10, 1876.[1] He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Williams Family Papers 1819-1993 1850-1945". virginia.edu. Thomas Balch Library. 2006. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  2. ^ Asbury, Samuel E. (January 1942). "Jonas Harrison, Legendary and Historical". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Texas State Historical Association. 45 (3): 231–243. JSTOR 30235975. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Walter W. Stanard
New York State Assembly
Erie County, 1st District

1866
Succeeded by
Charles W. Hinson
Preceded by
John L. C. Lewett
New York State Assembly
Erie County, 2nd District

1867
Succeeded by
Richard Flach
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 30th congressional district

1871–1873
Succeeded by

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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