Background
He was the son of Richard Parks Williams Doctor of Medicine (1784–1850) and Lucy (Fletcher) Williams (1792–1886).
He was the son of Richard Parks Williams Doctor of Medicine (1784–1850) and Lucy (Fletcher) Williams (1792–1886).
Union College.
In 1823, the family removed to Wayne County, New New York He graduated from Union College in 1837. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842, and practiced.
He was a delegate to the 1864 National Union National Convention in Baltimore.
He edited 174 volumes of reports of the United States. Supreme Court.
He was District Attorney of Wayne County from 1851 to 1853. And a member of the New York State Senate (25th Doctorate) from 1864 to 1869, sitting in the 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st and 92nd New York State Legislatures.
