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Charles G. Williams
Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Samuel S. Cox
Succeeded by	Andrew Gregg Curtin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Alexander Mitchell
Succeeded by	John Winans
President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate
In office January 1, 1871 – January 1, 1873
Preceded by	David Taylor
Succeeded by	Henry L. Eaton
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 17th district
In office January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1873
Preceded by	S. J. Todd
Succeeded by	Horatio N. Davis
Personal details
Born	(1829-10-18)October 18, 1829 Royalton, New York
Died	March 30, 1892(1892-03-30) (aged 62) Watertown, South Dakota
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery Janesville, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Harriet Gregg (died 1856) Mary Anna Noggle (died 1910)
Children	Kate Anna Williams Ward David Williams
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Charles Grandison Williams (October 18, 1829 – March 30, 1892) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He represented the state of Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives, from 1873 to 1883, and was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Biography

Born in Royalton, New York, Williams pursued an academic course and studied law in Rochester, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1856, after the death of his first wife, and settled in Janesville, in Rock County. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Janesville, where he would form a law partnership with David Noggle and Henry A. Patterson.

He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1868 and re-elected in 1870. He was chosen as President pro tempore of the Senate for the 1871 and 1872 sessions. He was also a presidential elector for Ulysses S. Grant in the 1868 United States presidential election.

In 1872, Williams was elected to represent Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, and was subsequently re-elected four times, serving from March 4, 1873, until March 3, 1883. In the 47th Congress (1881-1883), he served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

He was defeated in the 1882 election while seeking a sixth term in Congress. After his defeat, he was appointed register of the land office for the Dakota Territory, and moved to Watertown, Dakota Territory, where he remained for the rest of his life. He died there on March 30, 1892.

He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Personal life and family

His first wife, Harriet Gregg, died in 1856.

His second wife was Mary M. Noggle, daughter Judge David Noggle, his early law partner and one of the founding fathers of Janesville. They had a daughter, Kate Anna Williams (born 1861), and a son, Ward David Williams (born September 4, 1864, and died March 28, 1926, in Baltimore, Maryland).

Electoral history

Wisconsin Senate (1868, 1870)

U.S. House of Representatives (1872, 1874, 1876)

U.S. House of Representatives (1878, 1880, 1882)

References

1. ^ "Williams, Charles Grandison (1829-1892)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
2. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2019). "Statistics and Reference: Historical lists" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2019-2020 (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 486–487. ISBN 978-1-7333817-0-3. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
3. "The Official Vote of the State on Presidential Electors". Semi-Weekly Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. December 5, 1868. p. 1. Retrieved July 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Paid Loving Tribute to Hon. C. G. Williams". Janesville Daily Gazette. Janesville, Wisconsin. April 2, 1892. p. 4. Retrieved July 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Official Directory: Wisconsin Legislature". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. 1871. p. 367. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
6. Turner, A. J., ed. (1874). "Official Directory: Congressional Delegation". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 444. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
7. Bashford, R. M., ed. (1876). "Official Directory: Congressional Delegation". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 446. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
8. Bashford, R. M., ed. (1878). "Official Directory: Members of Congress". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 450–451. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
9. Warner, Hans B., ed. (1880). "Biographical Sketches: Members of Congress". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 491–492. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
10. Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Biographical Sketches: Members of Congress". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 521. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
11. Heg, J. E., ed. (1883). "Election Statistics". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 521. Retrieved July 19, 2020.

External links

• United States Congress. "Charles G. Williams (id: W000492)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Charles Grandison Williams at Find a Grave

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• 1829 births
• 1892 deaths
• People from Royalton, New York
• Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin
• Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
• 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives