Williams was born in
Denbighshire,
Wales, and his family emigrated to Wisconsin in 1850, settling in
Delafield. During the Civil War, he served in the
32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He served as president of the village of
Cambria, Wisconsin, for five years and was a member of the school board for six years. He served as sheriff of
Columbia County, Wisconsin, from 1885 to 1887. Williams was elected to the Assembly in 1902, and he introduced a bill to prohibit
marriage between whites and blacks, known as the Williams Bill. He was a life-long
Republican. His death was a result of
blood poisoning caused by a rat bite. ==References==