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World 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 ...
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Nov 20, 2001 · Harrison A. Williams Jr., the Democratic senator from New Jersey who used his considerable power to further the interests of labor and education before being convicted of bribery and conspiracy in ...
After his release from prison in 1986, Williams returned home to retirement in Bedminster, NJ, where he had lived since 1974. Williams died on November 17, 2001. The above is an abstract from the biographical sketch written for the catalog of the 2009 exhibition “Crossroads: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981.”
Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Crossroads U.S.A., 1968. Equality of economic opportunity was essential for full inclusion in a Great Society that valued individual initiative and achievement. Education was the critical ingredient in leveling this economic playing field, or at least providing a path for raising low income individuals from poverty.
The Harrison A. Williams, Jr. papers came to Rutgers University in six accruals (as of December 2008). First, Rutgers collected approximately 800 cubic feet of material from the Washington, DC office of Senator Williams (HAW) in March 1982, immediately after his resignation. Second, also in 1982, Rutgers received all of HAW's papers held at the ...
In his 1968 book Crossroads U.S.A., U.S. Senator Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D-NJ) argued for a vision of America that encompassed social justice, expanded educational and economic opportunity, environmentalism, and urban improvement as national goals. As pursued by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and their congressional allies, including ...
Nov 20, 2001 · By Adam Bernstein. November 19, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Harrison A. "Pete" Williams Jr., 81, a liberal Democratic senator from New Jersey whose service from 1959 to 1982 brought him the nickname ...
