Richard S. Williams was an American merchant, banker and politician from New York.
Life He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1844.
He was a Governor of the Alms House of New York City from 1849 to 1853.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (3rd D.) in 1850 and 1851.
He was President of the Market Bank of New York City.
Sources The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 136, 147, 229 and 316; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) Laws of the State of New York (1849; pg. 367; "AN ACT to provide for the government of the department of Alms and Penitentiary, in the city and county of New-York.") The Literary World (issue of October 22, 1853; pg. 206) THE MARKET BANK DEFALCATION in NYT on February 13, 1855