Harold P. Williams

Harold Putnam Williams (October 2, 1882, in Foxboro, Massachusetts – August 6, 1963) was an American attorney and judge who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1925 to 1926 and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1947 to 1962. Early life Williams was born on October 2, 1882, in Foxboro, Massachusetts, to Fred H. Williams, a lawyer and member of the Massachusetts General Court, and Julia Annette (Blake) Williams. Williams grew up in Foxboro and Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brookline High School in 1899, Harvard College in 1903, and Harvard Law School in 1906. Attorney Williams began his legal career as a lawyer with Walter I. Badger in Boston. He then went to work with his father. In 1918, Williams was appointed Assistant District Attorney for the Southeastern District (consisting of Norfolk and Plymouth Counties). In this role he assisted District Attorney Frederick G. Katzmann in the prosecution of Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. In 1922 he was elected District Attorney.