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Thomas S. Williams (August 28, 1806 – June 16, 1872) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

Formative years

Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1806, Williams attended the common schools of his community and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1825. In 1828, he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and began practicing law in Greensburg.

Career

In 1832, Williams moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he continued in private practice and edited the Advocate, a Whig newspaper.

Williams served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1838 to 1841, then returned to private practice. During the American Civil War, Williams returned to public office, this time becoming a United States representative, a position he held from March 4, 1863 to March 4, 1869.

He was considered a Radical Republican during the Reconstruction era.

During his last term as a representative, he was involved in matters of impeaching President Andrew Johnson. He wrote the majority report of the House Committee on Judiciary in support of impeachment at the conclusion of the first impeachment inquiry against Andrew Johnson in late 1867. The House ultimately voted to reject the recommendation of impeachment at that time. Months later, after the impeachment of Johnson, Williams served as one of the House impeachment managers (roughly equivalent to a prosecutor) in the impeachment trial.

Later years, death and interment

Williams lived in retirement until his death in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on June 16, 1872; his body was interred in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.

References

1. ^ "Thomas Williams (1806-1872)". Dickinson College Archives. 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
2. "Thomas S Williams". Pennsylvania Senate. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
3. ^ "Impeachment Rejected, November to December 1867 | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

 This article incorporates public domain material from WILLIAMS, Thomas. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Thomas Williams at Find a Grave

v t e Impeachment and impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
Efforts to impeach Andrew Johnson Timeline
Inquiries	First inquiry Second inquiry
Impeachment	Articles of impeachment Dismissal of Edwin Stanton Tenure of Office Act Lorenzo Thomas Ulysses S. Grant Command of Army Act Swing Around the Circle John Covode Hamilton Ward Sr.
Impeachment trial	Presiding officer: Salmon P. Chase House managers John Bingham George S. Boutwell Benjamin Butler John A. Logan Thaddeus Stevens Thomas Williams James F. Wilson President's counsel William M. Evarts Benjamin R. Curtis William S. Groesbeck Thomas A. R. Nelson Henry Stanbery Witnesses for the prosecution Foster Blodgett Walter A. Burleigh William E. Chandler James O. Clephane William H. Emory Thomas W. Ferry Burt Van Horn James K. Moorhead Witnesses for the defense William W. Armstrong Walter Smith Cox Richard T. Merrick Alexander Randall Frederick W. Seward William Tecumseh Sherman Lorenzo Thomas Gideon Welles
Other	Impeachment managers investigation Vinnie Ream Profiles in Courage Tennessee Johnson

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