John Sharp Williams papers, 1902-1924

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1854, July 30	Born, Memphis, Tenn.
1868-1870	Attended Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Ky.
1870	Expelled from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.
1870-1873	Attended University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
1873-1876	Attended University of Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, and Dijon, France
1876	LL.B., University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Va.
1877	Admitted to bar in Tennessee
1878	Moved to Yazoo City, Miss., to practice law
1892	Elected delegate, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill.
1893-1909	Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1898	Published Hawaiian: Against Annexation (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 16 pp.)
1900	Published Philippine Annexation Not Desirable (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 15 pp.)
1903-1909	Democratic minority leader
1904	Elected temporary chairman, Democratic National Convention, St. Louis, Mo.
1911-1923	Member, U.S. Senate
1912	Elected delegate, Democratic National Convention, Baltimore, Md. Published The Supply Bills (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 16 pp.)
1913	Published Thomas Jefferson: His Permanent Influence on American Institutions (New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press. 330 pp.)
1916	Published Lincoln Birthplace Farm at Hodgenville, Kentucky (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 8 pp.)
1932, Sept. 27	Died, "Cedar Grove" plantation, Yazoo City, Miss.