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William Williams (NY)

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(September 6, 1815 — September 10, 1876) William Williams was a banker, businessman, and politician. Williams was born in Bolton, Connecticut in 1815. There he obtained a common-school education and worked as a bank clerk until 1838 when he moved to Sandusky, Ohio. After only a year in Ohio, Williams moved to New York and worked in banking, and also in the railroad business. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 and March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, Williams retired from public life and lived in retirement until he died in 1876. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000544]

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