Thomas Williams (Pennsylvania)

Thomas Williams ( born August 28, 1806 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, † June 16, 1872 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1869 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Williams attended the common schools and then studied until 1825 at Dickinson College in Carlisle. After a subsequent law degree in 1828 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Greensburg to work in this profession. In 1832 he moved his residence and his law firm to Pittsburgh. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1838 and 1841 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania. Later he became a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854.

In the congressional elections of 1862, Williams was the 23rd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Winfield Wallace on March 4, 1863. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1869 three legislative periods. These were minted until 1865 by the events of the Civil War. Since 1865 the work of the Congress of the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson was charged, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment. In this case, Williams was one of the accusers Johnson. During his time in Congress, the 13th and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

In 1868 Thomas Williams gave up another Congress candidate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he withdrew into retirement. He died on June 16, 1872 in Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, where he was also buried.