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| | George Henry Williams |
 | | WILLIAMS, George Henry, jurist, born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, 23 March, 1823. |
 | | He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of Oregon in 1858, and, having been elected United States senator from the state as a Union Republican, served from 4 December, 1865, till 3 March, 1871. |
 | | He served in the civil war, was a lieutenant-colonel of artillery in the Republican army of Mexico in 1865-'7, and attended school at Newton Centre, Massachusetts, until 1874. |
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