Biography

1794 - 07/25/1866

William Williamson, Jr. (Whig4) Chester and Delaware County 1846-1848

Early Life:

William Williamson, Jr., born February 20, 1794, son of William Williamson, Sr., and Hanna Phebe Passmore Williamson; admitted, Chester bar, 1820; married, Esther Good, 1822, children, Edward Hand Williamson, Caroline M. Williamson, Elizabeth Good Williamson, Clara Williamson O'Brien; attorney; gubernatorial appointment, Chester County Prothonotary, 1824; appointed, Director, West Chester Railroad, 1831; chief burgess, West Chester, 1834-1835; Director, Bank of Chester County, 1837; chief burgess, West Chester, 1840; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1846-1848; died, July 25, 1866, Chester County home, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interment, Oaklands Cemetery, West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Gubernatorial appointment, Governor John Andrew Shulze, Chester County Prothonotary, 1824

Chief burgess, West Chester, 1834-1835. 

Chief burgess, West Chester, 1840.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Chester and Delaware County, 1846-1848; Speaker, 1847. 

Legacy:

Honorary county marshal during French military-political celebrity Lafayette’s visit to Chad’s Ford, 1824. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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