John J. Williams (senator)
John James Williams ( born May 17, 1904 in Frankford, Delaware, † January 11, 1988 in Lewes, Delaware ) was an American politician of the Republican Party. From 1947 to 1970 he sat for the U.S. state of Delaware in the U.S. Senate.
Early life and family
Williams was born in Frankford. He was the ninth of eleven children of his parents. In 1922 he moved to Millsboro, where he founded with his brother, the Millsboro Feed Company.
Since 1924 he was married to Elsie Steele.
Political career
Williams political beginnings in the City Council of Millsboro, whose member he was in 1946. In 1946 he successfully ran against the Democrat James M. Tunnell for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In the elections of 1952, 1958 and 1964, he presented each successful re-election. Thus, Williams was four legislatures member of the Senate and the first senator from Delaware, who achieved this. He was surpassed only by his immediate successor William V. Roth and Joe Biden, Roth served five legislatures and Biden whose 6
1952 Williams was as a running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower in conversation. However, he refused to continue to work as a senator can.
As Republicans in the Democratic -dominated Senate Williams took opposite positions to those of the respective government. He criticized U.S. President Harry S. Truman for the continuation of the New Deal. In 1964, he voted as one of the few Republican senators for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 1967, when efforts of the Democrats were known to abolish the filibuster, Williams struggled with his Republican Senate colleagues vehemently opposed to these changes. Their efforts were successful, the filibuster is still parliamentary tradition in the United States. The Democrats were able to implement their plans in slimmed-down form, now known as the reconciliation process.
31 December 1970 Williams resigned as senator, he was succeeded by William V. Roth.
Death
Williams died in 1988 in his home town of Lewes. He was buried at the Millsboro Cemetery, Millsboro.