Police Charles H. Hunt's indictment was similar to Mayor Williams's indictment. Williams, however, was acquitted and served out the rest of his term in office. On May 28, 1905, Mayor Williams gave a speech in honor of the opening of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was the keynote speaker who attended the opening ceremony. President Theodore Roosevelt officially mechanically opened the ceremony by pressing a button in Washington, D.C. Death and burial Williams died April 4, 1910, in Portland and is buried at River View Cemetery in that city. Historical reputation Williams was the first presidential cabinet member appointed from Oregon. Although Williams had some successes as U.S. Attorney general, he was not a reformer and was involved in corruption during his tenure in federal office. Historian Jean Edward Smith, critical of Williams, said whenever "tested as attorney general he failed dismally." Marriages and family Williams married Kate Van Antwerp in Iowa in 1850, and they had one daughter. He married a second time in 1867 to Kate Hughes George, and the couple adopted two children. See also George H. Williams Townhouses References Sources Books External links |- |- |- |- 1823 births 1910 deaths People from New Lebanon, New York United States Attorneys General Grant administration cabinet members Oregon Democrats Oregon Republicans Republican Party United States senators from Oregon 1852 United States presidential electors Unsuccessful nominees to the United States Supreme Court Members of the Oregon Constitutional Convention Chief Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court Mayors of Portland, Oregon Iowa state court judges Oregon pioneers Oregon Territory judges 19th-century American judges 19th-century American politicians People from Lee County, Iowa People of the Reconstruction Era Union (American Civil War) political leaders Burials at River View Cemetery (Portland, Oregon) Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court