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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas Hickman Williams |
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Pontotoc, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 20, 1801
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| Died | May 03, 1851
(50 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | WILLIAMS, Thomas Hickman, a Senator from Mississippi; born in Williamson County, Tenn., January 20, 1801; attended the common schools; moved to Mississippi and settled in Pontotoc County; engaged in planting; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James F. Trotter and served from November 12, 1838, to March 3, 1839; secretary and treasurer of the University of Mississippi at Oxford 1845-1851; known as ‘Father of the State University,’ being the first to propose it and also aiding to secure it; died on his plantation south of Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Miss., May 3, 1851; interment in the private cemetery on the family estate.
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