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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames Douglas WILLIAMS
(1808-1880)
WILLIAMS, James Douglas, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Pickaway County, Ohio, January
16, 1808; moved with his parents to Indiana and settled in Knox
County in 1818; received a limited education; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; justice of the peace of Vincennes, Ind.,
1839-1843; from 1855 was identified with the State board of
agriculture for sixteen years, serving four years as its president;
member of the State house of representatives in 1843, 1847, 1851,
1856, and 1868; served in the State senate in 1858, 1862, and 1870;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872; was the
caucus nominee of his party, which was in the minority, for United
States Senator in 1872; was elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1875, to December 1,
1876, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; chairman,
Committee on Accounts (Forty-fourth Congress); Governor of Indiana
from 1877 until his death in Indianapolis, Ind., November 20, 1880;
interment in Walnut Grove Cemetery, near Monroe City, Knox County,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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