James Wray Williams

James Wray Williams ( born October 8, 1792 in Maryland, † December 2, 1842 in Deer Creek, Maryland ) was an American politician. In the years 1841 and 1842 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Williams attended preparatory schools and proposed later as a member of the Democratic Party a political career one. He sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland and was its president in 1830. In the congressional elections of 1840, Williams was the third election district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Tolley Hood Worthington on March 4, 1841. This mandate he was able to exercise until his death on 2 December 1842. This period was characterized by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico. James Williams was buried in the family cemetery on the farm Prieshford.