Robert Williams (North Carolina politician)
| Robert Overton Williams | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | |
| Preceded by | Jesse Franklin |
| Succeeded by | William Kennedy |
Ninth Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina
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In office 1811–1813 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Louis Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 12, 1773 Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Died |
May 27, 1821 (aged 47) Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Resting place | First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Signature |
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| References:[1] | |
Robert Williams (July 12, 1773 – May 27, 1821)[2] was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1803.
Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, he received a liberal education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar.
In 1796, Williams was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 5th United States Congress and re-elected to the 6th and 7th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803.
Williams later served as adjutant general of North Carolina. Finding himself in ill health during the legislative session of 1820, he travelled to visit his brother, Col. John Williams, in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he died.
Williams' brother Lewis Williams was also a congressman from North Carolina. His brother John Williams was a U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
References
- ↑ "Officers of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of North Carolina, the first 100 years". Raleigh, North Carolina, USA: Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ↑ Williams, Lewis James, III; Joseph Lanier Williams; Rebecca Turner Williams; Lewis Lanier Williams (1997). Williams: 300 years of leadership in America : a history of the descendants of John Williams of Llangolen, Wales. Panther Creek Publishing. ISBN 0-9658376-0-2.
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Jesse Franklin |
U.S. Representative (District 3) from North Carolina 1797–1803 |
Succeeded by William Kennedy |
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.