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Born 1823
From Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905)
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS.
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He emigrated to Iowa Territory in 1844, and located at Fort Madison, where he practiced law until 1847. when he was elected judge of the first judicial district. then including the counties of Lee, Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, and Washington, serving five years. At that time Mr. Williams was a Democrat; but the Whigs united with the Democrats in offering him a unanimous re-election, which he declined. He was presidential elector-at-large for J'franklin I'pierce in 1852. and canvassed the State for him.
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In 1902 Mr. Williams was elected mayor of Portland, which office he now holds during the progress of the Lewis and Clark Exposition (1905), setting a marked example of ])physical and mental virility, and devotion to public interests. He is the only surviving member of President (grant's Cabinet, and. it is believed, the only pioneer of Murlington dating as far back as 1847 who is still in ])public life.
As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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