Lemuel Williams
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805
Preceded byNathaniel Freeman Jr.
Succeeded byIsaiah L. Green
Constituency5th district (1799–1803)
8th district (1803–05)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1806
Personal details
Born(1747-06-18)June 18, 1747
Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedNovember 8, 1828(1828-11-08) (aged 81)
Acushnet, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
ChildrenLemuel Williams Jr.
Alma materHarvard

Lemuel Williams (June 18, 1747 – November 8, 1828) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Born in Taunton in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he graduated from Harvard College in 1765, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Bristol and Worcester Counties. He was town clerk of New Bedford from 1792 to 1800.

Williams was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1805, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1806. He resumed the practice of law and died in Acushnet, Massachusetts; interment was in Acushnet Cemetery.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byNathaniel Freeman, Jr. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 Succeeded byThomas Dwight Preceded byWilliam Eustis Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 Succeeded byIsaiah L. Green
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