Charles G. Williams

Charles G. Williams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Alexander Mitchell
Succeeded by	John Winans
Personal details
Born	October 18, 1829 Royalton, New York
Died	March 30, 1892 (aged 62) Watertown, South Dakota
Political party	Republican

Charles G Williams ca 1885

Charles Grandison Williams (October 18, 1829 – March 30, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.^[1]

Born in Royalton, New York, Williams pursued an academic course and studied law in Rochester, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled in Janesville. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Janesville, where he would form a law partnership with David Noggle and Henry A. Patterson. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate 1869-1872. Twice chosen president pro tempore of that body.

Williams was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883). He represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. He served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs during the Forty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Watertown, South Dakota, March 30, 1892. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin.

He married Mary M. Noggle, daughter of a Janesville judge and one of the founding fathers of Janesville. They had a daughter, Kate Anna Williams (born 1861) and a son, Ward David Williams (born September 4, 1864 and died March 28, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland).

References

1. Wisconsin Historical Society-Charles G. Williams

• United States Congress. "Charles G. Williams (id: W000492)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Obituary from the Janesville Gazette, Janesville WI, 1892.