Hezekiah Williams

Hezekiah Williams (born July 28, 1798 in Woodstock , Oxford County , Massachusetts , †  October 23, 1856 in Castine , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hezekiah Williams was born in Woodstock in 1798, which was then part of Massachusetts and has been part of the state of Maine since 1820. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) until 1820 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1825, he began to practice in Castine in his new profession. Between 1824 and 1838 Williams was employed by the probate court in Hancock County . From 1833 to 1835 he was a councilor in Castine. At that time he also administered the school fees for this community. In 1840 he sat there on the school committee. Politically, Williams was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Maine Senate from 1839 to 1841 . After that he was again councilor in Castine from 1843 to 1844.

In 1844 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Maine . There he took over from Shepard Cary on March 4, 1845 . After a re-election in 1846, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . This time was determined by the events of the Mexican-American War , as a result of which large areas in the west and south-west of the North American continent fell to the United States. At that time, the north-western border with Canada was set at the 49th parallel.

After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Hezekiah Williams returned to work as a lawyer. He died on October 23, 1856 in Castine and was buried there.

Web links

• Hezekiah Williams in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hezekiah Williams in the database of Find a Grave (English)