Thomas Hickman Williams

Background

Williams, Thomas Hickman was born on January 20, 1801 in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States.

Education

Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he attended the common schools, moved to Mississippi and settled in Pontotoc County, and engaged in planting.

Career

He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James F. Trotter and served from November 12, 1838, to March 3, 1839. After his time in the Senate he was secretary and treasurer of the University of Mississippi at Oxford from 1845 to 1851 and was known as "Father of the State University," being the first to propose it and also aiding to secure lieutenant Williams died on his plantation south of Pontotoc in 1851.

Interment was in the private cemetery on the family estate.

Achievements

• Thomas Hickman Williams has been listed as a noteworthy senator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States Senate (Democrat) from Mississippi