Ralph Williams (politician)

Ralph Williams (fl. 1870s) was a magistrate and state legislator in Mississippi.[1][2] He documented as having been enslaved from birth. He established a wagon manufacturing business in Lamar, Mississippi after the end of the American Civil War in 1866. He served as a magistrate from 1871 until 1873 when he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1873-1875 for Marshall County, Mississippi.[1]

Ralph Williams
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician

See also

References
  1. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 232
  2. "Ralph Williams – Against All Odds".


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