Charles G. Williams

Charles Grandison Williams (October 18, 1829 – March 30, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Royalton, New York, Williams pursued an academic course and studied law in Rochester, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled in Janesville. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Janesville. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate 1869-1872. Twice chosen president pro tempore of that body.

Williams was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883). He served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Watertown, South Dakota, March 30, 1892. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin.

Charles' nickname was "Handsome Charlie".

He married Mary M. Noggle, daughter of a Janesville judge and one of the founding fathers of Janesville. They had a daughter, Kate Anna Williams (born 1861) and a son, Ward David Williams (born September 4, 1864 and died March 28, 1926 in Baltimore, MD).

References

• Charles G. Williams at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Obituary from the Janesville Gazette, Janesville WI, 1892.