Hezekiah Williams

Hezekiah Williams ( * July 28, 1798 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Massachusetts, † October 23, 1856 in Castine, Maine ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hezekiah Williams was born in 1798 in Woodstock, which at that time was still part of Massachusetts, and is since 1820 part of the State of Maine. He attended until 1820 Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire). After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1825 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Castine. Between 1824 and 1838, Williams was employed by the probate court in Hancock County. From 1833 to 1835 he was a councilor in Castine. At that time he also managed the school fees of this community. In 1840, he sat there in the school board. Politically, Williams was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1839-1841 he was a member of the Senate of Maine. After that, he was from 1843 to 1844 again municipal council in Castine.

In 1844 he was in the seventh constituency of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1845 the successor of Shepard Cary. After a re-election in 1846 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1849 two legislative sessions. This time was determined by the events of the Mexican- American War, as a result fell large areas in the west and southwest of the North American continent to the United States. At that time the Northwest Canadian border was set at the 49th parallel.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Hezekiah Williams again worked as a lawyer. He died on 23 October 1856 in Castine and was also buried there.