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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonRichard WILLIAMS
(1836-1914)
WILLIAMS, Richard, a
Representative from Oregon; born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio,
November 15, 1836; attended the common schools; moved to Monroe
County, Oreg., in 1851; was educated at the Willamette University,
Salem, Oreg.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and
commenced practice in Kirbyville, Josephine County, Oreg.; moved to
Portland, Oreg., in 1865 and practiced law; unsuccessful Republican
candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4,
1877-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination in 1878;
resumed the practice of law in Portland, Oreg.; elected a member of
the Portland School Board in 1890 and served for twenty years; died
in Portland, Oreg., June 19, 1914; interment in Riverview
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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