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Robert Prewitt Williams
1901-1905
 Robert P. Williams (Democrat), the twentieth state treasurer, was born in Howard County, Missouri on September 8, 1841. He received his education at Central College in Fayette, and the State University at Columbia. Upon completing his education
he returned to the family farm until March 1866, when he became a merchant, a vocation he continued until he turned to banking on March 1, 1871. He
was appointed receiver of the American National Bank of Springfield, Missouri on February 28, 1894. He was nominated for state treasurer by
the Democratic Convention in 1900 and won the election. His salary remained the same as his predecessors and he employed four persons in
the office. During his term it was proclaimed that, “The State debt…having been paid, or the money having been provided for same, it is
no longer necessary to collect ten cents on the dollar valuation for the purpose of paying interest and creating a sinking fund.” Mr.
Williams was identified with the Payne-Williams Bank (which he had helped to organize) until August 1906. He was married to Miss Anne M.
Overall on October 31, 1877 and they had seven daughters. He died at Fayette on July 11, 1910.
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