Background
Williams, John Sharp was born on July 30, 1854 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Colonel Christopher Harris and Annie Louise (Sharp) Williams.
Williams, John Sharp was born on July 30, 1854 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Colonel Christopher Harris and Annie Louise (Sharp) Williams.
Educated Kentucky Military Institute, University of the South, University of Virginia, and University of Heidelberg. Studied law at University of Virginia and at Memphis, Tennessee.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1877. In practice at Yazoo, Mississippi, since 1878. Also a cotton planter.
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Member 53d to 57th Congresses (1893-1903) 5th Mississippi District, and 58th to 60th Congresses (1903-1909), 8th District. Member Foreign Relations Committee and Finance Committee of Senate, which reported Tariff Bill of 1913. Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1892, 1904 (temporary chairman 1904).
Married Elizabeth Dial Webb, October 2, 1877. Children: Mary Sharp, Robert Webb, Annie Louise (deceased), John Sharp, Julia Fulton (deceased), Allison Ridley, Sally Shelby, Christopher Harris.