Background
Williams, Lemuel was born on June 18, 1747 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States.
Williams, Lemuel was born on June 18, 1747 in Taunton, Massachusetts, United States.
Born in Taunton, he graduated from Harvard College in 1765, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Bristol and Worcester Counties.
He was town clerk of New Bedford from 1792 to 1800. He resumed the practice of law and died in Acushnet, Massachusetts. Interment was in Acushnet Cemetery.
Williams was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1806.