American politician
William Harrison Bledsoe (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was a Texas attorney who served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. During the latter service, he helped enact legislation creating Texas Tech University.[1][2]
References
- ^ "W. S. Bledsoe". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "W. H. Bledsoe". Texas Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
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Texas State Representative for District 122 (Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum counties)
William Harrison Bledsoe
1915–1919
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Succeeded by
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| Preceded by William S. Bell
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Texas State Senator for District 29 (Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties)
William Harrison Bledsoe
1919–1925
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Succeeded by Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
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| Preceded by Robert A. Stuart
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Texas State Senator for District 30 (Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, and Yoakum counties)
William Harrison Bledsoe
1925–1929
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Succeeded by Pink L. Parrish
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| Preceded by Alvin J. Wirtz
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Texas Senate President pro tempore
William Harrison Bledsoe
1925–1927
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Succeeded by James G. Strong
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