Andrew Williams (congressman)
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Andrew Williams | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th district |
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In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
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Preceded by | William A. Wheeler |
Succeeded by | John Hammond |
Personal details | |
Born | August 27, 1828 Ormstown, Quebec, Canada |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Plattsburgh, New York, USA |
Political party | Republican |
Profession | Politician, manufacturer, merchant, miner |
Andrew Williams (August 27, 1828 – October 6, 1907) was a nineteenth-century politician, manufacturer, merchant and miner from New York.
Born in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada, Williams received a limited schooling as a child and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He immigrated to the United States in 1852, settling in Plattsburgh, New York. He engaged in manufacturing of nails from 1863 to 1865 and later engaged in iron ore mining, the lumber trade and in manufacturing of horseshoe nails and wagons.
Williams was elected as a Republican to the 44th and 45th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1879. He was one of the organizers of the Iron National Bank in Plattsburgh in 1881 and served as its president from 1881 to 1888. He was Supervisor of the Town of Dannemora for two years; Supervisor of the Town of Plattsburgh for a number of years; Superintendent of the Plattsburgh Waterworks from 1889 to 1902; and Treasurer of Clinton County from 1891 to 1905. Williams was a member of the Board of Education until his death in Plattsburgh on October 6, 1907. He was interned in Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh.
External links
- Andrew Williams at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Andrew Williams at Find A Grave
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th congressional district 1875–1879 |
Succeeded by John Hammond |
- 1828 births
- 1907 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- American miners
- People from Plattsburgh, New York
- People from Montérégie
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Town supervisors in New York
- New York Republicans
- British emigrants to the United States
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians