Charles G. Williams
Chair of theHouse Foreign Affairs Committee
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Samuel S. Cox
Succeeded by	Andrew Gregg Curtin
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's1st district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Alexander Mitchell
Succeeded by	John Winans
President pro tempore of theWisconsin Senate
In office January 1, 1871 – January 1, 1873
Preceded by	David Taylor
Succeeded by	Henry L. Eaton
Member of theWisconsin Senate from the17th district
In office January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1873
Preceded by	S. J. Todd
Succeeded by	Horatio N. Davis
Personal details
Born	(1829-10-18)October 18, 1829 Royalton,New York
Died	March 30, 1892(1892-03-30) (aged 62) Watertown,South Dakota
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery Janesville, Wisconsin
Party	Republican
Spouses	Harriet Gregg (died 1856) Mary AnnaNoggle (died 1910)
Children	Kate Anna Williams (born 1861) Ward David Williams (b. 1864; died 1926)
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Charles Grandison Williams (October 18, 1829 – March 30, 1892) was an American lawyer andRepublican politician. He represented the state ofWisconsin for ten years in theUnited States House of Representatives, from 1873 to 1883, and was chairman of theHouse Foreign Affairs Committee.^[1]

Born inRoyalton, New York, Williams pursued an academic course and studied law inRochester, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1856, after the death of his first wife, and settled inJanesville, inRock County.^[1] He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Janesville, where he would form a law partnership withDavid Noggle andHenry A. Patterson.

He was elected to theWisconsin State Senate in 1868 and re-elected in 1870. He was chosen as President pro tempore of the Senate for the 1871 and 1872 sessions.^[2] He was also apresidential elector forUlysses S. Grant in the1868 United States presidential election.^[3]

In 1872, Williams was elected to representWisconsin's 1st congressional district, and was subsequently re-elected four times, serving from March 4, 1873, until March 3, 1883. In the47th Congress (1881-1883), he served as chairman of theCommittee on Foreign Affairs.

He was defeated in the 1882 election while seeking a sixth term in Congress. After his defeat, he was appointed register of the land office for theDakota Territory, and moved toWatertown, Dakota Territory, where he remained for the rest of his life. He died there on March 30, 1892.^[4]

He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Janesville, Wisconsin.

His first wife, Harriet Gregg, died in 1856.

His second wife was Mary M. Noggle, daughter Judge David Noggle, his early law partner and one of the founding fathers of Janesville. They had a daughter, Kate Anna Williams (born 1861), and a son, Ward David Williams (born September 4, 1864, and died March 28, 1926, inBaltimore,Maryland).

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• Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin
• Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
• Republican Party United States representatives from Wisconsin
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