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Harrison A. Williams, Jr.

Harrison A. Williams
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United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
January 3, 1959 – March 11, 1982
Preceded by Howard Smith
Succeeded by Nicholas Brady
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 6th district
In office
November 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957
Preceded by Clifford Case
Succeeded by Florence Dwyer
Personal details
Born Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr.
(1919-12-10)December 10, 1919
Plainfield, New Jersey
Died November 17, 2001(2001-11-17) (aged 81)
Denville, New Jersey
Political party Democratic
Education Oberlin College
Columbia Law School
Religion Presbyterian

Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr. (December 10, 1919 – November 17, 2001) was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Senate (1959–1982). Williams was convicted on May 1, 1981, for taking bribes in the Abscam sting operation, and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982 before a planned expulsion vote.

Williams was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and graduated from Oberlin College in 1941. He engaged in newspaper work in Washington, D.C., and studied at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University until called to active duty as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve in 1941. He became a naval aviator and was discharged as a lieutenant, junior grade, in 1945. After being employed in the steel industry for a short time, he graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Hampshire. He returned to Plainfield in 1949 and continued to practice law, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly in 1951 and for city councilman in 1952.

Williams was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election in 1953, and was re-elected in 1954 but defeated for re-election in 1956. He was elected to the Senate in 1958 and re-elected in 1964, 1970 and 1976, defeating a future leader in the Republican Party, David A. Norcross.


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