Arthur B. Williams

Arthur Bruce Williams ( born January 27, 1872 in Ashland, Ohio; † May 1, 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Arthur Williams attended the public schools in Eaton County, Michigan and Olivet College, which he completed in 1892. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1894 admitted to the bar he began in Battle Creek to work in his new profession. He also dealt with agricultural affairs and was active in various other industries. He was, for example, director of Old National Bank in Battle Creek, as well as vice president and advisor to the company Postum Cereal Co. Williams was also president of the Crafts Association of Michigan.

Politically, Williams was a member of the Republican Party. After the death of Congressman John MC Smith, he was at the due election for the third seat of Michigan as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 19 June 1923. After a re-election at the regular congressional elections of 1924 he was able to remain until his death on May 1, 1925 at the Congress. His parliamentary seat in a by-election fell to Joseph L. Hooper.

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