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Sherrod Williams | |
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| Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Beaty |
| Succeeded by | Bryan Owsley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1804 Pulaski County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 1876 (aged 71–72) San Jose, California, U.S. |
Sherrod Williams (1804 – March 24, 1876) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a United States House of Representatives from Kentucky; and as a Kentucky Member of Congress.
Biography
Sherrod Williams was born in 1804 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, [1] and he moved with his parents to Wayne County in childhood. He received a limited education, but had learned the trade of brickmaker in Monticello when about fifteen years of age. [1] He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced law.
His sons included Thomas Hansford Williams, the former Attorney General of California from 1858 to 1862; [2] and George E. Williams (1835–1899), a former member of the California State Assembly's 15th District, from 1873 to 1875. [2] [3]
He served as member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1829 to 1834, and in 1846. Williams was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian Whig to the Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841). He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for reelection.
He moved to California, where he died in San Jose, California on March 24, 1876. [4] He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, he was moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. [3]
References
- ^ a b "Williams, Sherrod". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ a b "Index to Politicians: Williams, S to T". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ a b "Williams family of Monticello, Kentucky". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "San Jose..." San Francisco Chronicle. 1870-03-25. p. 3. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 274. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
External links
- United States Congress. "Sherrod Williams (id: W000536)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1804 births
- 1876 deaths
- People from Pulaski County, Kentucky
- Censured or reprimanded members of the United States House of Representatives
- Kentucky Whigs
- National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American legislators
- Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco)