Education
Born in Fillmore, Utah, Williams attended its public school and went to Hennagers Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Born in Fillmore, Utah, Williams attended its public school and went to Hennagers Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Williams served in the United States. Army during World War I, in the infantry. After his discharge, he established a successful dry cleaning business in Rexburg, Idaho. After serving at the local and county level, he was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives in 1936 and served several terms.
Williams was elected as the 26th lieutenant governor of Idaho in 1944.
He became governor in November 1945 to finish the unexpired term of Charles Gossett, who resigned after ten months and was subsequently appointed by Williams to the United States. Senatte seat left vacant by the death of John West. Thomas. Williams was elected as lieutenant governor in 1944, and became governor in 1945.
Williams was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Idaho in 1948, and later was elected secretary of state of Idaho in 1958, and served until 1966. Williams died at age 72 in Idaho Falls on May 25, 1970, and is interred at Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery in Idaho Falls.