Andrew Williams (congressman)

Andrew Williams (August 27, 1828 – October 6, 1907) was a nineteenth century politician, manufacturer, merchant and miner from New York.

Born in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada, Williams received a limited schooling as a child and later engaged in mercantile pursuits. He immigrated to the United States in 1852, settling in Plattsburgh, New York. He engaged in manufacturing of nails from 1863 to 1865 and later engaged in iron ore mining, the lumber trade and in manufacturing of horseshoe nails and wagons. Williams was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1874, serving from 1875 to 1879, not being a candidate for renomination in 1878. He was one of the organizers of the Iron National Bank in Plattsburgh in 1881 and served as its president from 1881 to 1888. He was a member of the Dannemora, New York board of supervisors for two years, a member of the Plattsburgh board of supervisors for a number of years, was superintendent of the Plattsburgh Waterworks from 1889 to 1902 and was elected Clinton County, New York treasurer in 1890, 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902 and 1805. Williams was a member of the board of education until his death in Plattsburgh on October 6, 1907. He was interned in Riverside Cemetery in Plattsburgh.

External links

• Andrew Williams (congressman) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Andrew Williams at Find A Grave