Harrison A. Williams

Pete Williams
Williams in 1955
United States Senator
from New Jersey
In office
January 3, 1959 – March 11, 1982
Preceded byH. Alexander Smith
Succeeded byNicholas F. Brady
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 6th district
In office
November 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957
Preceded byClifford P. Case
Succeeded byFlorence Dwyer
Personal details
Born
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr.

(1919-12-10)December 10, 1919
Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 2001(2001-11-17) (aged 81)
Denville, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Nancy McGlone (divorced)
Jeanette Smith
Children4
EducationOberlin College (BA)
Georgetown University
Columbia University (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1941–1945
RankLieutenant
UnitUnited States Navy Reserve
Battles/warsWorld War II

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,[1] and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982 before a planned expulsion vote.[2]

  1. ^ Williams is Guilty on All Nine Counts in ABSCAM Inquiry, New York Times, May 2, 1981
  2. ^ Governing under the influence; Washington alcoholics: their aides protect them, the media shields them, Washington Monthly, June 1988. "Former senators who have acknowledged alcoholism included the chairman of the Agriculture Committee (Herman Talmadge); the chairman of the Finance Committee (Russell Long), who went on the wagon in the 1970s; and a senior liberal (Harrison Williams), who later went to prison after an Abscam sting caught him taking bribes.

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