Daniel Williams
1st Secretary of State of Mississippi
In office
December 11, 1817 – January 1821
Succeeded byJohn A. Grimball

Daniel Williams was an American politician. He was the first Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving from 1817 to 1821.

Biography

Daniel Williams was unanimously elected by the Mississippi Legislature as the first Secretary of State of Mississippi on December 11, 1817..[1][2][3] He was re-elected unanimously on January 18, 1820.[2] Williams resigned from the office in 1821, and the 1821 Mississippi Legislature elected John A. Grimball to replace him on November 13, 1821.[4][2] He ran as a candidate in the 1827 Mississippi gubernatorial election.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 3 Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. Secretary of State. 1900. p. 178.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 169.
  4. ↑ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1821). Journal.
  5. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 168–169.
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