Thomas Hickman Williams | |
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| United States Senator fromMississippi | |
| In office November 12, 1838 – March 3, 1839 | |
| Preceded by | James F. Trotter |
| Succeeded by | John Henderson |
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| Born | (1801-01-20)January 20, 1801 |
| Died | May 3, 1851(1851-05-03) (aged 50) |
| Party | Democratic |
Thomas Hickman Williams (January 20, 1801 – May 3, 1851) was aUnited States Senator fromMississippi. Born inWilliamson County, Tennessee, he attended the common schools, moved to Mississippi and settled inPontotoc County, and engaged in planting. He was appointed and subsequently elected as aDemocrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJames F. Trotter and served from November 12, 1838, to March 3, 1839. He ran as a candidate in the1843 Mississippi gubernatorial election, losing toAlbert G. Brown.[1] He was secretary and treasurer of theUniversity of Mississippi atOxford from 1845 to 1851 and was known as "Father of the State University," being the first to propose it and also aiding to secure it.
Williams died on his plantation south of Pontotoc in 1851.
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