Marmaduke Williams

Marmaduke Williams (born April 6, 1774 in Caswell County , Province of North Carolina , †  October 29, 1850 in Tuscaloosa , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1809 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Marmaduke Williams was a cousin of US Senator John Williams (1778-1837) from Tennessee and Lewis Williams (1782-1842) and Robert Williams (1773-1836), both of whom were Congressmen for North Carolina. He graduated from the schools in his homeland. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. Politically, Williams joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In 1802 he was elected to the North Carolina Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1802 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded John Stanly on March 4, 1803 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1809 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase , made by President Jefferson in 1803 , significantly expanded the territory of the United States. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

In 1808 Williams declined to run again. In 1810 he moved to the Mississippi Territory . Two years later he came to Huntsville , Alabama. From 1818 he lived in Tuscaloosa. Williams also remained politically active in his new home. In 1819 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution. In the same year he ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor . Between 1821 and 1839 he was an MP in the Alabama House of Representatives . He was also from 1832 to 1842 a judge at the Tuscaloosa County District Court . Marmaduke William died on October 29, 1850 in Tuscaloosa, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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