Background
Williams, Sherrod was born in 1804 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.
United States representative politician
Williams, Sherrod was born in 1804 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.
Studied law.
He received a limited education. Learned the trade of brickmaker in Monticello when about fifteen years of age. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced.
Williams was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian Whig to the Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for reelection.
He moved to one of the Southern States, where he died.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1829-1834 and in 1846.