serviceyears branch death_date children birth_date residence term_end death_place profession battles term_start rank image name resting_place relations predecessor birth_place jr/sr state successor article_title
1813 -- 1815 18 , 28 u.s. army 10 august 1837 joseph 45 -- 6 , john , mary , cynthia , susan 29 january 1778 colonel john williams house march 4 , 1823 knoxville , tennessee , usa attorney battle of horseshoe bend october 10 , 1815 20px 28 colonel -lrb- 1813 -- 1815 -rrb- 18 , colonel-john-williams-tn1 . jpg john williams first presbyterian church cemetery lewis -rrb- james white -lrb- father-in-law -rrb- hugh lawson white -lrb- williams brother-in-law -rrb- -lrb- brother -rrb- robert williams -lrb- brother jesse wharton surry county , north carolina , usa united states senator tennessee andrew jackson john williams -lrb- tennessee -rrb-

john williams -lrb- tennessee -rrb-

john williams -lrb- january 29 , 1778 -- august 10 , 1837 -rrb- was an american lawyer , soldier , and statesman , operating primarily out of knoxville , tennessee , in the first part of the 19th century .
he represented tennessee in the united states senate from 1815 to 1823 , when he lost reelection to andrew jackson .
williams also served as colonel of the 39th u.s. infantry during the creek wars , and played a key role in jackson 's victory at the battle of horseshoe bend in 1814 .
williams later distanced himself from jackson , and aligned himself with john quincy adams and henry clay .
adams appointed him chargé d'affaires to the central american federation in 1825 .
