district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
8th isaiah l. green 8 november 1828 acushnet , massachusetts taunton , massachusetts federalist march 3 , 1805 william eustis 18 june 1747 march 4 , 1799 lemuel williams
 massachusetts lemuel williams harvard
lemuel williams

lemuel williams -lrb- june 18 , 1747 - november 8 , 1828 -rrb- was a united states representative from massachusetts .
born in taunton , he graduated from harvard college in 1765 , studied law , was admitted to the bar and practiced in bristol and worcester counties .
he was town clerk of new bedford from 1792 to 1800 .
williams was elected as a federalist to the sixth , seventh , and eighth congresses , serving from march 4 , 1799 to march 3 , 1805 , and was a member of the massachusetts house of representatives in 1806 .
he resumed the practice of law and died in acushnet , massachusetts ; interment was in acushnet cemetery .
