Lemuel Williams (June 18,1747 –November 8,1828) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Born in Taunton in the Province of Massachusetts Bay,he graduated from Harvard College in 1765,studied law,was admitted to the bar and practiced in Bristol and Worcester Counties. He was town clerk of New Bedford from 1792 to 1800.
Williams was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth,Seventh,and Eighth Congresses,serving from March 4,1799 to March 3,1805,and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1806. He resumed the practice of law and died in Acushnet,Massachusetts;interment was in Acushnet Cemetery.
Lemuel Hastings Arnold was an American politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. A Whig,he served as the 12th Governor of the State of Rhode Island and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Francis Williams Rockwell was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pittsfield,Massachusetts,his father was Julius Rockwell,also a member of Congress.
Lemuel Phillips Padgett was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
Lemuel Amerman was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.
Lemuel Stetson was an attorney,politician and judge from Plattsburgh,New York. He was most notable for his service as judge of the Clinton County,New York court and a United States Representative from New York.
Lemuel Whitman was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Farmington,Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. He graduated from Yale College in 1800 and taught in a seminary in Bermuda in 1801. Later,he studied law and was graduated from the Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Farmington.
Daniel Dewey was a U.S. Representative from Sheffield,Massachusetts.
George Fred Williams was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to both Greece and Montenegro.
John McKeown Snow Williams was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Lewis Bigelow was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Solomon Strong was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
William Wirt Warren was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Lemuel Willard Royse was an American lawyer,jurist,and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1899.
Luther Badger was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Henry Williams was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Taunton,Williams attended Brown University,and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Taunton.
Seward Henry Williams was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1915 to 1917.
Lemuel Dale Evans was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
George Edwin Bowden was a U.S. Representative from Virginia,nephew of Lemuel Jackson Bowden.
Acushnet –a steel-hulled revenue cutter –was launched on 16 May 1908 at Newport News,Virginia,by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.;sponsored by Miss Alayce Duff;and commissioned at Baltimore on 6 November 1908. She saw service as a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter,a U.S. Navy fleet tug,and as a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. She was taken out of service 8 January 1946.
The 42nd Massachusetts General Court,consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives,met in 1821 and 1822 during the governorship of John Brooks. John Phillips served as president of the Senate. Josiah Quincy III and Luther Lawrence served as speakers of the House.