James Williams (politician, 1825)

James Williams

James Williams (born August 4, 1825 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 12, 1899 in Smyrna , Delaware ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After primary school, James Williams moved to Kenton , Delaware, where he worked in agriculture, among other things. He originally envisaged an apprenticeship as a carpenter and a career as an architect. But after his father, a timber merchant, bought a farm in Kenton, the young James ran the property. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1857 and 1858, 1863 and 1864, and again from 1883 to 1885, he was a member of the Delaware House of Representatives . From 1866 to 1871 he was a member of the State Senate ; from 1869 he was its president. In 1872, Williams was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention .

In 1874, James Williams was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC against Republican incumbent James R. Lofland . After being re-elected in 1876, he was able to complete two terms there until March 3, 1879. In 1878 Williams declined to run again. After the end of his time in Congress , he devoted himself again increasingly to his agricultural interests, which he expanded beyond the borders of Delaware into the state of Maryland . Williams remained connected to agriculture until the end of his life. From 1883 to 1885 he was again a member of the House of Representatives of Delaware, from 1891 to 1893 he was again a member of the State Senate.

Web links

• James Williams in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Williams in the database of Find a Grave (English)