Background
Williams, William was born on June 2, 1862 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Augustus and Elizabeth H.Williams.
lawyer city utilities commissioner
Williams, William was born on June 2, 1862 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Son of Charles Augustus and Elizabeth H.Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1884 (Master of Arts, 1906). Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1888. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1914.
Practiced law at New New York United States commissioner of immigration at New York, 1902-1905, and May, 1909-July 1 1913. Commissioner water supply, gas and electricity, New York City, by appointment of Mayor Mitchel, since February, 1914.
Association counsel for United States during Behring Sea arbitration with Great Britain, 1892.
Major United States.V. during Spanish-American War, 1898.
Clubs: University, Metropolitan. Century, Down Town, Republican, Yale.