John Dacher McWilliams

John Dacher McWilliams served as a Representative from Connecticut in the United States Congress from 1943 to 1945. A member of the Republican Party, John Dacher McWilliams contributed to the legislative process during 1 term in office.

John Dacher McWilliams’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, John Dacher McWilliams participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

John Dacher McWilliams (July 23, 1891 – March 30, 1975) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, to Elizabeth A. (née McClure) and John McWilliams. His father was an immigrant from Ireland. McWilliams attended the public schools and Norwich Free Academy, and graduated from Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania in 1910. He worked in the building industry in Norwich, Connecticut. During the First World War, he served as a private in the Twentieth Engineers, United States Army, with overseas service, from March 26, 1918, until discharged on July 1, 1919. He resumed the building business. He served as a selectman of the town of Norwich, Connecticut, from 1935 to 1942. McWilliams was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He was employed at the electric boat division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut, from 1950 to 1960. He was employed by the city of Norwich, where he resided until his death thereon March 30, 1975. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut.