Joseph Williamson (August 5, 1789 – September 30, 1854) was an American politician and lawyer. He served asPresident of the Maine Senate in 1833. During his career, Williamson also worked as a businessman, banker and newspaper editor.^[1]

Williamson was born inCanterbury, Connecticut in 1789 as the son of anAmerican Revolutionary War veteran. His older brother,William D. Williamson, later became Maine's second governor in 1821. He was one of eight children. He attended theUniversity of Vermont, graduating in 1812. He passed thebar exam in 1816 and followed his older brother into practice inBangor, Maine. He quickly moved toBelfast and set up his own practice. Upon the admission ofMaine as a state in 1820, he was appointed County Attorney forHancock County. He held that position until his appointment as County Attorney forWaldo County in 1827. He lasted as Attorney for Waldo County until 1832, when he was elected to the Maine State Senate as aDemocrat. He served as the Senate President in 1833-1834. In 1839, he ran for the US Congress as a Democrat, but quickly resigned from the Democratic Party and enrolled as aWhig. He died of an apparentheart attack in September 1854 in Belfast.^[1]

Williamson's great grandson,Robert B. Williamson, served as a justice in theMaine Supreme Judicial Court from 1959 to 1970.

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