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Jared Warner Williams
b.22 Dec 1794 West Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States
d.29 Sep 1864 Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, United States
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m. 21 May 1789
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m. 10 Aug 1824
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title - Gov. ; resided in Lancaster, NH & Washington, DC The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume X W WILLIAMS, Jared Warner, senator, was born in West Woodstock, Conn., Dec. 22, 1796. He was graduated from Brown university in 1818, and established himself in the practice of law in 1822 at Lancaster, N.H. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1830-31 and 1835-36; state senator, 1832-34, and president of the senate in 1834. He was a Democratic representative in the 25th and 26th congresses, 1839-41; governor of New Hampshire, 1847-49, and was appointed U.S. senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles G. Atherton, serving from Dec. 12, 1853, to March 3, 1855. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on him by Dartmouth in 1834 and that of LL.D. by Brown in 1852. He died in Lancaster, N.H., Sept. 29, 1864. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Jared W. Williams. References
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