Draft:Fred L. Williams

Fred Lincoln Williams (May 31, 1879 – May 20, 1949)^[1][2] was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1917 to 1920.

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Born in Putnam County, Indiana, Williams attended DePauw University,^[1][2][3] and received his law degree from Indiana Law School.^[2]

Moved to Missouri in 1921.^[1]

"engaged in practice of law, Joplin, Mo., 1903 to 1913; commissioner of the Supreme Court, 1913-17; judge of the Supreme Court, 1917–.^[3]

"Named a Commissioner of the State Supreme Court 1913, serving in that capacity until his election to the court the Democratic ticket in 1916 to the four-year unexpired term of Judge John Chilton Brown".^[1]

Williams was defeated for reelection to the court in 1920 by Republican David Elmore Blair.^[4]

"Former Judges of the Supreme Court". www.courts.mo.gov.

At the time of his death he was the "senior member of the firm of Williams, O'Bryen & Schlafly".^[1]