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WILLIAMS, Thomas Scott, jurist, born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 26 June, 1777; died in Hartford, 15 December. 1861. He was graduated at Yale in 1794, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1799, and began practice at Mansfield, Connecticut, but removed to Hartford in 1803. He was appointed attorney of the board of managers of the school fund in 1809, from 1813 till 1829 represented Hartford in the general assembly, and sat in congress in 1817-'19. In May, 1829, he was appointed an associate judge of the supreme court of errors and of the superior court, and in May, 1834, he was appointed chief justice, which office he held until the constitutional expiration of his term in 1847. After retiring from the bench he never resumed the practice of his profession further than to act occasionally as an arbitrator or referee. He was mayor of the city of Hartford from 1831 till 1835. For several years he had been president of the American tract society, and he was active in various other religious and benevolent organizations. He was a contributor to objects of benevolence, and bequeathed $28,000 to charitable institutions.
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