district succeeded death_date death_place birth_name birth_place religion jr/sr party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name
6th nicholas brady florence dwyer 17 november 2001 denville , new jersey harrison arlington williams , jr. plainfield , new jersey presbyterian united states senator democrat march 11 , 1982 january 3 , 1957 howard smith clifford case 10 december 1919 january 3 , 1959 november 3 , 1953 harrison a. williams
 new jersey new jersey harrison a. williams
harrison a. williams

harrison arlington `` pete '' williams , jr. -lrb- december 10 , 1919november 17 , 2001 -rrb- was a democrat who represented new jersey in the united states house of representatives -lrb- 1953 -- 1957 -rrb- and the united states senate -lrb- 1959 -- 1982 -rrb- .
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 .
