Marmaduke Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marmaduke Williams

American politician

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1774

Place of Birth: Caswell County, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1850

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Marmaduke Williams

  • Marmaduke Williams (April 6, 1774 – October 29, 1850) was a Democratic-Republican U.S.
  • Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809. Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, Williams studied law and was admitted to the North Carolina bar.
  • He was elected to the North Carolina State Senate, serving 1802, and then was elected that same year to the 8th United States Congress.
  • Williams was re-elected twice, serving in the 9th and 10th Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809).
  • He declined to run for a fourth term and moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1810, then to Huntsville, Alabama, and by 1819, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Williams was a delegate to the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1819 and ran unsuccessfully that year for the post of Governor of Alabama.
  • He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1821 to 1839, was the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama from 1835 to 1841 and was a judge of the Tuscaloosa County court from 1832 to 1842. He was a brother of Mississippi Territorial Governor Robert Williams (1766–1836).
  • On October 26, 1798, in Caswell County, North Carolina, he married Agnes Payne (1775–1850), a first cousin of Dolley Madison, and they raised 9 children.
  • He was first cousin of the brothers: Robert Williams (1773–1821), John Williams (Tennessee) (1778–1837) and Lewis Williams (1786–1842).
  • He was the grandfather of Lafayette Guild (1825–1870).
  • He died in Tuscaloosa in 1850 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
  • His Tuscaloosa home has been completely renovated.

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