“New Jersey Senator” Harrison A. Williams Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“New Jersey Senator” Harrison A. Williams Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr.
(December 10, 1919 – November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He 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
, the son of Isabel Lamson and Harrison Arlington Williams, 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.