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Thomas H. Williams

Democratic

Picture of Thomas H. Williams
CA Blue Book (2000)
Date Party Office Votes Result
09-02-1857 Democratic Attorney General 55561 Win
09-07-1859 Lecompton Democratic Attorney General 59292 Win
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H._Williams_%28California%29
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: May 18, 1828 in Monticello, Kentucky
Family: Son of Sherrof Williams (Congressman from Kentucky), Brother of George E. Williams
Died: February 28, 1886 in San Francisco, CA

  • Interred at the Laurel Hill Mound in Cypress Lawn Cemetery (Colma)

Source: History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)