Charles Grandison Williams (October 18, 1829 – March 30, 1892) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Wisconsin

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Born in Royalton, New York

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, Williams pursued an academic course and studied law in Rochester, New York

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He moved to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled in Janesville.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Janesville.
He served in the Wisconsin State Senate

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 1869-1872.
Twice chosen president pro tempore of that body.

Williams was elected as a Republican

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 to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Watertown, South Dakota

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, March 30, 1892.
He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wisconsin

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Charles' nickname was "Handsome Charlie".

He married Mary M. Noggle, daughter of a Janesville judge and one of the founding fathers of Janesville. They had a daughter, Kate Anna Williams (born 1861) and a son, Ward David Williams (born September 4, 1864 and died March 28, 1926 in Baltimore, MD).