Henry Williams (Massachusetts)

Henry Williams ( born November 30, 1805 in Taunton, Massachusetts, † May 8, 1887 ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1845 he represented two times the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Williams first attended preparatory schools. After a subsequent law degree in 1829 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Taunton in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1834 he became a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; in the years 1836 and 1837 he was a member of the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1838, Williams was the tenth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Nathaniel B. Borden on March 4, 1839. Since he has not been confirmed in 1840, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1841.

In the elections of 1842, Williams was elected to Congress again in the ninth district of his state, where he took over the seat of the late William Soden Hastings meantime, on March 4, 1843. Until March 3, 1845, he was able to complete another term in Congress. This period was characterized by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whig Party. It was also discussed at that time about a possible annexation since 1836 the independent Republic of Mexico Texas. This discussion then led shortly after the end of Williams' last legislative session for the Mexican-American War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Henry Williams practiced as a lawyer again. Politically, he is no more have appeared. He died on 8 May 1887 in his home town of Taunton.

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