WILLIAMS, JAMES D
\wˈɪli͡əmz], \wˈɪliəmz], \w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m_z]\
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(1808-1880), was almost continuously a member of the Indiana Legislature from 1843 to 1874. He represented Indiana in the U.S. Congress as a Democrat from 1876 to 1880. He was a member of the State Board of Agriculture for seventeen years, and its president four years. He greatly improved educational facilities.
By John Franklin Jameson
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