{{Short description|American politician (1747–1828)}} {{distinguish|Lemuel Williams Jr.|Lemuel Williams (baseball)|Lem Williams}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Lemuel Williams | caption =
| office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1799 | term_end1 = March 3, 1805 | predecessor1 = [[Nathaniel Freeman Jr.]] | successor1 = [[Isaiah L. Green]] | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 5th congressional district|5th district]] (1799–1803)<br>[[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district|8th district]] (1803–05)
| office2 =Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 =1806
| birth_date ={{birth date|1747|6|18}} | birth_place =[[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date ={{death date and age|1828|11|8|1747|6|18}} | death_place =[[Acushnet, Massachusetts|Acushnet]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | party =[[USFederalist|Federalist]] | relations = | children = [[Lemuel Williams Jr.]] | alma_mater =[[Harvard College|Harvard]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Lemuel Williams''' (June 18, 1747 – November 8, 1828) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], he graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1765, studied law, was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] and practiced in [[Bristol County, Massachusetts|Bristol]] and [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]] Counties. He was [[town clerk]] of [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]] from 1792 to 1800.
Williams was elected as a [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] to the [[6th United States Congress|Sixth]], [[7th United States Congress|Seventh]], and [[8th United States Congress|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.
==References== {{CongBio|W000526}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state= Massachusetts | district= 5 | before= [[Nathaniel Freeman, Jr.]] | years= March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 | after= [[Thomas Dwight (politician)|Thomas Dwight]]}} {{US House succession box | state= Massachusetts | district= 8 | before= [[William Eustis]] | years= March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | after= [[Isaiah L. Green]]}} {{s-end}}
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