State House: | Alaska |
District: | 1st |
Term: | January 11, 1993 - January 18, 2005 |
Succeeded: | Jim Elkins |
Office1: | Mayor of Saxman, Alaska |
Term Start1: | 1976 |
Term End1: | 1983 |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1943 |
Birth Place: | Ketchikan, Alaska |
Death Place: | Ketchikan, Alaska |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Party: | Democratic Party Republican Party (1998-2019) |
William K. Williams (May 21, 1943 - May 12, 2019) was an American Tlingit politician and businessman.
Williams was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. He graduated from Ketchikan High School in 1962, before becoming a longshoreman. He was on the Saxman, Alaska City Council and served as Mayor of Saxman from 1976 to 1983. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1993 to 2004 and was a Democrat. In 1998, he switched to the Republican Party. Williams died in Ketchikan, Alaska.[1] [2] [3]