William H. Bledsoe

William Harrison Bledsoe
Texas State Representative for District 122 (Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum counties)
In office October 9, 1915 – July 17, 1919
Preceded by	Don H. Biggers
Succeeded by	Roy Alvin Baldwin
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)
In office July 17, 1919 – January 13, 1925
Preceded by	William S. Bell
Succeeded by	Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
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)
In office July 13, 1925 – January 8, 1929
Preceded by	Robert A. Stuart
Succeeded by	Pink L. Parrish
Texas Senate President pro tempore
In office 1925–1927
Preceded by	Alvin J. Wirtz
Succeeded by	James G. Strong
Personal details
Born	(1869-12-23)December 23, 1869 Cleburne, Cleburne County Texas, USA
Died	March 30, 1936(1936-03-30) (aged 66)
Resting place	Lubbock City Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Married (name of spouse missing)
Parents	Willis Scott and Susan Frances Harrison Bledsoe
Residence	Lubbock, Texas
Alma mater	University of Texas Self-educated in the law
Occupation	Lawyer; Businessman

University of Texas

William Harrison Bledsoe, also known as W. H. Bledsoe (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was an attorney and businessman from Lubbock, Texas, who served as a Democrat from 1915 to 1929 in both houses, consecutively, of the Texas State Legislature. In 1923, as a state senator for District 29, which encompassed a large portion of West Texas, he co-authored legislation to establish what became Texas Tech University.

Bledsoe was born in Cleburne, in Johnson County south of Fort Worth, the fifth of six children of Willis Scott Bledsoe (1837–1877), a Democratic member of the Texas House for District 23 with service from 1873 to 1874. His mother, the former Susan Frances Harrison (1840-1909), a native of Overton County, Tennessee, and known as Sue F. Bledsoe, was widowed when he was eight years of age; his oldest living sibling, a sister, Nellie Bledsoe Templeton (1864–1941), was then thirteen. His younger brother, Albert Sydney Bledsoe (1871–1913), was born and died in Cleburne and was married to the former Nettie McQueen.

After brief study at the University of Texas at Austin, Bledsoe was admitted in 1890 to the State Bar of Texas, based on his independent preparation. He returned to Cleburne to practice law but relocated eighteen years later to Lubbock in 1908 in search of opportunities on the South Plains. He founded the Lubbock law firm, Bledsoe, Crenshaw and Dupree, later known as Crenshaw, Dupree and Milam. He worked to establish the South Plains Bar Association, was city attorney in Lubbock and a member of the local school board.

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