Abram Williams

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Abram P. Williams
United States Senator
from California
In office
August 4, 1886 – March 3, 1887
Preceded byGeorge Hearst
Succeeded byGeorge Hearst
Personal details
Born(1832-02-03)February 3, 1832
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician

Abram Pease Williams (February 3, 1832 – October 17, 1911) was an American teacher, businessman and politician. He served as a U.S. Senator from California.

Biography

Abram Pease Williams was born in New Portland, Maine on February 3, 1832.[1] He attended the common schools of the time, and completed a course of study at North Anson Academy from 1846 to 1848.

He taught school at

John F. Miller
and served until March 3, 1887. He did not run for a renomination in 1887.

When he returned to California he resumed the wholesale mercantile business in San Francisco, where he died October 17, 1911. He was interred at the Maplewood Cemetery in Fairfield, Maine.

References

  1. ^ Wolfe, Wellington C. (1902). Men of California, 1900-1902. Pacific Art Company. p. 422.
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 1) from California
1886–1887
Served alongside: Leland Stanford
Succeeded by