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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganAlpheus Starkey WILLIAMS
(1810-1878)
WILLIAMS, Alpheus Starkey,
a Representative from Michigan; born in Saybrook, Middlesex County,
Conn., September 20, 1810; was graduated from Yale College in 1831;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice
in Detroit, Mich.; judge of probate 1840-1844; editor of the
Detroit Daily Advertiser 1843-1847; served in the war with Mexico;
commissioned lieutenant colonel of the First Michigan Infantry
December 8, 1847; mustered out July 29, 1848; postmaster of Detroit
1849-1853; commissioned brigadier general of Michigan Volunteers
April 24, 1861, and of United States Volunteers May 17, 1861;
brevetted major general of Volunteers January 12, 1865; mustered
out January 15, 1866; unsuccessful nominee for Governor of Michigan
in 1866; Minister Resident to San Salvador 1866-1869; elected as a
Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses and served
from March 4, 1875, until his death in Washington, D.C., December
21, 1878; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-fifth
Congress); interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
Bibliography
Charnley, Jeffrey Gordon. “‘Neglected Honor’: The
Life of General A.S. Williams of Michigan, 1810-1878.” Ph.D.
diss., Michigan State University, 1983; Williams, Alpheus S.
From the Cannon’s Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General
Alpheus S. Williams. Edited with an introduction by Milo M.
Quaife. Detroit: Wayne State Press and the Detroit Historical
Society, 1959.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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