Seward H. Williams

Seward H. Williams
Seward H. Williams
	Williams c. 1910
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Ohio's 14th district
	In office; March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917
Preceded by	William Graves Sharp
Succeeded by	Elsworth R. Bathrick
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives; from the Lorain County district
	In office; January 2, 1911 – January 3, 1915 Serving with Earl N. Gibbs
Preceded by	Earl N. Gibbs
Succeeded by	Anthony Niedling
Personal details
Born	November 7, 1870; Amsterdam, New York, US
Died	September 2, 1922 (aged 51); Lorain, Ohio, US
Resting place	Elmwood Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Sarah Jennette Reynolds
Children	two
Education	Williams College; Princeton University; Washington and Lee University School of Law
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Seward Henry Williams (November 7, 1870 – September 2, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1915 to 1917.

Biography

Born in Amsterdam, New York, Williams attended the common schools, the Amsterdam Academy, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Princeton College. He was graduated in law from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1895. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice the same year. City solicitor of Lorain, Ohio, from 1901 to 1904. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1910-1913.

Congress

Williams was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law. He died in Lorain, Ohio, September 2, 1922. He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.

Williams married Sarah Jennette Reynolds of Lorain at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 1897. They had two children.^[1]

He died on September 2, 1922, in Lorain, Ohio.

Memberships

Williams was a Knights Templar Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. Vol. 3. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 1643.

Sources

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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United States Congress. "Seward H. Williams (id: W000535)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by William G. Sharp	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th congressional district 1915-1917	Succeeded by Elsworth R. Bathrick

[upton-1] Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. Vol. 3. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 1643.

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