Norman Williams

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Norman Williams

Norman Williams (born October 6, 1791 in Woodstock , Vermont , † January 12, 1868 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician who was State Auditor from 1819 to 1823 and Secretary of State from 1823 to 1831 of Vermont.

Life

Norman Williams was born in Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1810. Then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1814 and then opened a law firm in Woodstock.

Williams served in the British-American War and continued to serve in the army. After his military service he worked again as a lawyer and in 1814 and from 1820 to 1822 and 1834 to 1835 in the probate court for the district of Hartford .

In 1819, Williams was elected Auditor of Accounts . He held this office until 1823.

Williams was elected Vermont Secretary of State in 1823 . He served as Secretary of State until 1831. He then lived in Montreal from 1831 to 1834 and worked there with his brother-in-law. He returned to Woodstock in 1834 and resumed his practice as a lawyer.

He was Secretary of the Vermont Senate from 1836 to 1840. Originally a member of the National Republican Party , later a member of the Whig Party , Williams was one of the authors of the Vermont Mercury , a newspaper that advocated the policies of the Whig Party.

Williams was a co-founder of Vermont Medical College and served as the faculty dean for many years. In addition, he was from 1849 to 1853 a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Vermont.

Williams succeeded Benjamin Swan in the clerkship of the Windsor County Court and served there from 1839 until his death.

In 1883, one of Williams' sons, Edward H. Williams , had the main house and surrounding buildings demolished and a library built on the property. The Williams Public Library still exists today as a library for the residents of Woodstock.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Secretaries of State, located on the Vermont Government home page , accessed February 17, 2015.
  2. ^ A b History of Woodstock, Vermont , by Henry Swan Dana, 1889, p. 475
  3. ↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, edited by JT White and Company, New York, 1967, p. 22
  4. ^ University of Vermont Obituary Record , published by the University of Vermont Alumni Association, Issue 1, 1895, p. 25
  5. ^ Early History of Vermont , by Lafayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, p. 381
  6. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by the Vermont Secretary of State, 1953, p. 320
  7. ^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt., For 1883-84 , Issue 1, 1881, p. 50
  8. ↑ Field Genealogy: Being the Record of all the Field Family in America , by Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1901, pp. 201-202
  9. ^ The Wentworth Genealogy , by John Wentworth, Issue 1, 1878, p. 512
  10. ^ Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography , compiled and edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, 359
  11. ^ Biennial Report of the Board of Library Commissioners of Vermont. 1, 1895/1896, page 63 .
  12. ^ Home page, Norman Williams Public Library web site , accessed March 30, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Woodstock , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1868
Place of death Woodstock , Vermont