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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Williams, George Henry
Williams, George Henry, a Senator from Oregon; born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, N.Y., March 23, 1823; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice at Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa; judge of the first judicial district of Iowa 1847-1852; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Pierce and King in 1852; was chief justice of the Territory of Oregon 1853-1857; reappointed by President Buchanan but declined; member of the State constitutional convention of Oregon in 1858; elected as a Union Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1871; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; Attorney General of the United States in the Cabinet of President Grant from January 10, 1872, to May 15, 1875; was nominated by President Grant as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, but subsequently his name was withdrawn; mayor of Portland, Oreg., 1902-1905; died in Portland, Oreg., April 4, 1910; interment in Riverview Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Williams, George Henry," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2017 Original Sources, accessed December 11, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=49AKYHPJGJXYF4G.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Williams, George Henry." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2017, Original Sources. 11 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=49AKYHPJGJXYF4G.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Williams, George Henry' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.2017. Original Sources, retrieved 11 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=49AKYHPJGJXYF4G.
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