Member Biography

George Wallace Williams 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1907-1908       25 Republican

COUNTIES: Tioga, McKean, Potter  


Biography

06/23/1859 - 02/17/1948


George Wallace Williams (R25) McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties, 1907-1908

Early Life:

George Wallace Williams, born June 23, 1859, Tioga, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; son of Joseph and Elizabeth Tabor Williams; Wellsboro High School; hemlock and hard wood dealer; vice-president, Tioga County Savings and Trust Company; president, Savings Building and Loan Association of Wellsboro; married Ida A Horton, 1883, children, Clinton Tabor Williams, Joseph Horton Williams; elected, burgess, Wellsboro; elected, council, Wellsboro; elected, auditor, Wellsboro; school director, Wellsboro public schools; elected, Republican, Special Election, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1907-1908; Republican Presidential Elector, 1908; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1911-1934; president, Wellsboro Water Company; died, February 17, 1948 (aged 88), Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; interment, Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.   

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, burgess, Wellsboro; elected, council, Wellsboro; elected, auditor, Wellsboro; school director, Wellsboro public schools.

Elected, Republican, Special Election, Pennsylvania State Senate, 25th district, McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties, 1907-1908; vacancy, death, Myron Matson, 1906; committee assignments, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Exposition Affairs, Game and Fisheries, Library, Municipal Affairs, Public Health and Sanitation, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water.

Republican Presidential Elector, 1908.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1911-1934; not a candidate for reelection, 1934.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=4217

Legacy:

Honorary President, Tioga Historical Society.  

Cited:

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1908). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 909, 915-917, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 889.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46099791/george-wallace-williams

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Wednesday, February 18, 1948, page 6.