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Harrison A. WilliamsHarrison Arlington Williams, Jr.', (1919-2001) was a Representative and Senator from New Jersey. Early life Williams was born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., on December 10, 1919. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1941; he engaged in newspaper work in Washington, D.C., and studied at Georgetown University Foreign Service School until called to active duty as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve in 1941. He became a naval aviator and was discharged as a lieutenant (jg.) in 1945. After being employed in the steel industry for a short time, he graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1948, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Hampshire. He returned to Plainfield, N.J., in 1949 and continued to practice law, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the State house of assembly in 1951 and for city councilman in 1952. Congress Williams was elected to the House of Representatives in a special election in 1953, and was re-elected in 1954 but defeated for re-election in 1956. He was elected to the Senate in 1958 and re-elected in 1964, 1970, and 1976. In 1980, Williams was convicted of bribery and conspiracy in the Abscam scandal for taking bribes in a sting operation by the FBI. The Senate Committee on Ethics recommended that Williams be expelled because of his "ethically repugnant" conduct. Prior to a Senate vote on his expulsion, Williams resigned on March 11, 1982. Williams died on November 17, 2001. Williams, Harrison A. Williams, Harrison A.
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