Sherrod Williams

Sherrod Williams ( * 1804 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; † November 1, 1876 in San Jose, California ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1841 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Sherrod Williams came early with his parents in the Wayne County. He received only a limited education and worked at Monticello in the manufacture of bricks. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career.

Williams joined the opposition against President Andrew Jackson and was named after the founding of the Whig party whose member. From 1829 to 1834 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1834 he was in the fourth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Martin Beaty on March 4, 1835. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1841 three legislative periods. Since 1839 he was Chairman of the Pension Committee.

In 1840, Williams gave up a new Congress candidacy. In 1846 he was again elected to the state legislature. He died on November 1, 1876 in San Jose.