William E. Williams

William Elza Williams ( * May 5, 1857 in Detroit, Pike County, Illinois, † September 13, 1921 in Pittsfield, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1901, and again from 1913 to 1917, he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Williams attended the public schools of his home and then the Illinois College at Jacksonville. After a subsequent law degree in 1880 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he went to work in Detroit and Pittsfield in this profession. Between 1886 and 1892 he was a prosecutor in the local Pike County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. He was a member of the City Council of Pittsfield and local Board of Education. In 1903 he was a legal representative of the tramway company of Chicago.

In the congressional elections of 1898, Williams was in the 16th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William H. Hinrichsen on March 4, 1899. Until March 3, 1901, he completed a term in Congress. He then practiced as a lawyer again. In 1912, Williams was elected to Congress again in the newly refurbished and state-wide 27th district, where he spent two further terms after a reelection between 4 March 1913 and 3 March 1917. During this time, the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. In 1916 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, William Williams operated again as a lawyer. He died on September 13, 1921 in Pittsfield.

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