Henderson Williams
Henderson Williams was a state legislator in Louisiana who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Madison Parish.[1] He was first elected in 1868,[2] and again to serve in the 1870-1872 session.[3] Henderson was one of the "colored" legislators who appealed to U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant in a January 9, 1872 letter to intervene in a dispute with fellow Republican governor Henry C. Warmoth.[4]
February 10, 1872, he and other "colored" legislators signed a letter in support of Warmoth.[5] He also co-signed a letter calling for the removal of James F. Casey as collector of the Port of New Orleans.[6]
In 1869, Williams and Curtis Pollard were authorized to operate a ferry in Madison Parish.[7]
He died August 1874.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Grant), United States President (1869-1877 (April 18, 1873). "Condition of Affairs in Louisiana: Message from the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the House, of December 16 Lase, Relative to the Condition of Affairs in Louisiana" – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Clipped From The South-Western". The South-Western. 10 June 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Perkins, A. E. (1929). "Some Negro Officers and Legislators in Louisiana". The Journal of Negro History. 14 (4): 525–526. doi:10.2307/2714198. JSTOR 2714198. S2CID 149553370. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ House, United States Congress (April 18, 1872). "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. April 18, 1872 – via Google Books.
- ^ Senate, United States (April 18, 1870). "Senate Documents". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "Laws for the Government of the District of Louisiana Passed by the Governor and Judges of the Indiana Territory". Stout. April 18, 1869 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Henderson Williams died last week". New Orleans Republican. 28 August 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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