Charles G. Williams

Charles Grandison Williams ( born October 18, 1829 in Royalton, Niagara County, New York; † 30 March 1892 in Watertown, South Dakota ) was an American politician. Between 1873 and 1883 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After a good primary education Charles Williams studied law in Rochester. In 1856 he moved to Wisconsin and settled in Janesville. There he worked as a lawyer. In his new home, Williams began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. From 1869 to 1872 he sat in the Senate of Wisconsin. At times, he was president of this chamber.

In the congressional elections of 1872, Williams was the first electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1873, the successor of Alexander Mitchell. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 five legislative sessions. From 1881 to 1883 he was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. In the elections of 1882, Charles William was defeated by Democrat John Winans. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. He died on 30 March 1892 in Watertown (South Dakota) and was buried in Janesville.

Janesville (Wisconsin) Wisconsin State Senate Alexander Mitchell (politician) Wisconsin Territory George W. Jones James Duane Doty Henry Dodge Morgan Lewis Martin John Hubbard Tweedy Henry Hastings Sibley William Pitt Lynde Charles Durkee Daniel Wells, Jr. John F. Potter James S. Brown Halbert E. Paine Lucien B. Caswell Clinton Babbitt Henry Allen Cooper Clifford E. Randall George Washington Blanchard Stephen Bolles Lawrence H. Smith Gerald T. Flynn Henry C. Schadeberg Lynn E. Stalbaum Peter W. Barca Mark Neumann Paul Ryan Mason C. Darling Orsamus Cole Ben C. Eastman Cadwallader C. Washburn Walter D. McIndoe Ithamar Sloan Benjamin F. Hopkins David Atwood Gerry Whiting Hazelton Daniel H. Sumner Edward S. Bragg Richard W. Guenther Charles Barwig Edward Sauerhering Herman Dahle Henry Cullen Adams John M. Nelson Michael E. Burke Edward Voigt Charles A. Kading Charles W. Henney Harry Sauthoff Charles Hawks, Jr. Robert Kirkland Henry Glenn Robert Davis Donald Edgar Tewes Scott L. Klug Tammy Baldwin Mark Pocan John B. Macy Charles Billinghurst Charles H. Larrabee A. Scott Sloan Amasa Cobb J. Allen Barber Henry S. Magoon George Cochrane Hazelton Burr W. Jones Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Allen R. Bushnell Joseph W. Babcock James William Murphy Arthur W. Kopp James G. Monahan Gardner R. Withrow Harry W. Griswold William H. Stevenson Alvin Baldus Ron Kind Charles A. Eldredge Peter V. Deuster Isaac W. Van Schaick Henry Smith (Wisconsin) John L. Mitchell Peter J. Somers William J. Cary John C. Kleczka John C. Schafer Raymond Joseph Cannon Thaddeus Wasielewski John C. Brophy Clement J. Zablocki Jerry Kleczka Gwen Moore Ezra Wheeler Philetus Sawyer Samuel D. Burchard Joseph Rankin George H. Brickner Samuel S. Barney William H. Stafford Lewis D. Thill Howard J. McMurray Andrew Biemiller Charles J. Kersten Henry S. Reuss Jim Moody Alanson M. Kimball Gabriel Bouck Charles B. Clark Lucas M. Miller Owen A. Wells Samuel A. Cook James H. Davidson Charles H. Weisse Michael Reilly Florian Lampert Frank Bateman Keefe William Van Pelt John Abner Race William A. Steiger Tom Petri Herman L. Humphrey Gilbert M. Woodward Ormsby B. Thomas Frank P. Coburn George B. Shaw Michael Griffin (politician) John J. Esch Joseph D. Beck Merlin Hull Gerald J. Boileau Dave Obey Sean Duffy Alexander S. McDill George W. Cate Thaddeus C. Pound William T. Price Hugh H. Price Nils P. Haugen Lyman E. Barnes Edward S. Minor Edward E. Browne James F. Hughes George J. Schneider Joshua L. Johns John W. Byrnes Harold Vernon Froehlich Robert John Cornell Toby Roth Jay W. Johnson Mark Andrew Green Steve Kagen Isaac Stephenson Thomas Lynch (congressman) Alexander Stewart (American politician) Webster E. Brown David G. Classon James A. Frear Lester Johnson (politician) Bob Kasten John J. Jenkins Elmer A. Morse Hubert H. Peavey Bernard J. Gehrmann Irvine Lenroot Adolphus Peter Nelson
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