Nelson Williams

Nelson Williams (April 2, 1825 – December 30, 1899) was a Canadian American immigrant and Republican politician. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate and one year in the State Assembly, representing Dane County.

Biography Williams was born in Clarenceville, Lower Canada, in what is now southern Quebec. He was raised and educated there, emigrating to the United States in 1855, and settling at Stoughton, Wisconsin, where he worked in grain trade. He was then retained for the 1865 and 1866 sessions. In 1867, he was appointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. After his one-year term in the Assembly, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate for the 1869 and 1870 sessions.

After the close of the 1870 session, Williams relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he remained for the rest of his life.