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Charles Kilbourne Williams was an American lawyer and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1834 to 1846 and as 20th governor of Vermont from 1850 to 1852.
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- ↑ "Alabama Department of Archives and History: Alabama Constitutional Officers - Charles Carter Langdon". www.archives.alabama.gov.
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