DATE OF BIRTH: February 15, 1814 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: Augusta |
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DATE OF DEATH: July 19, 1896 |
PLACE OF DEATH: Augusta |
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PROFESSION: Lawyer |
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POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican |
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TERM IN OFFICE: February 26, 1857 – January 8, 1858 |
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FIRST LADY: Apphia Putnam |
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QUOTE: Unlike Governor Hamlin with whom your labors have been hitherto associated, who was borne to the Executive Chair on the topmost wave of jubilant popular favor, I have no assurances in advance from a confiding constituency to sustain and encourage me in this office, but must draw my inspiration solely from my belief that a just and intelligent people; in their judgment of their public servants, will always give due weight to honesty of intention and an assiduous endeavor to promote the general good.
Inaugural Address, February 26, 1857 |
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OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICES: State Senator (President of the Senate), State Representative |
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FURTHER READING:
Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the 19th Century. Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company, 1885, pp. 134-137.
Chase, Henry. Representative Men of Maine. Portland: The Lakeside Press, 1893, p. XXXIX.
“Ex-Governor Williams,” Daily Eastern Argus, Portland, July 20, 1896.
“Governor Williams,” Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Bangor, 1889, pp. 249-254.
North, James W. The History of Augusta. Augusta: Clapp and North, 1870, pp. 962-963. |
