About Samuel Walker Williams
Lived 1848 – 1921 (aged 72–73). Samuel Walker Williams was an American lawyer.
Samuel Walker Williams (January 24, 1848 – August 6, 1920) became a Virginia lawyer, Commonwealth attorney for Bland County and judge after serving as a Confederate soldier and before defeating fellow former Confederate but Readjuster Samuel H. Newberry to serve as a Democrat in the Virginia Senate and decades later as Attorney General of Virginia. Williams unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1896. The library at Virginia Tech holds his papers.
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Who was Samuel Walker Williams?
American politician (1848–1921)
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Samuel Walker Williams was born in 1848.
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Samuel Walker Williams died in 1921.
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Samuel Walker Williams was a lawyer.
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Samuel Walker Williams was American.
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