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William D. Williamson

American politician

Died when: 66 years 300 days (801 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

William D. Williamson

William Durkee Williamson (July 31, 1779 – May 27, 1846) was the second Governor of the U.S. state of Maine, and one of the first congressmen from Maine in the United States House of Representatives.

He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.Williamson was also an early historian of Maine.Williamson’s legacy was to exonerate white society for its role in Native dispossession and to justify it by white supremacy.


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