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|preceded=William S. Bell
|preceded=William S. Bell
|succeeded=Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
|succeeded=Benjamin Franklin Berkeley
|office2=[[Texas State Senate|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)
|office2=Texas State Senator for<br> 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)
|term_start2=July 13, 1925
|term_start2=July 13, 1925
|term_end2=January 8, 1929
|term_end2=January 8, 1929
|term_end4=July 17, 1919
|term_end4=July 17, 1919
|preceded4=Don H. Biggers
|preceded4=Don H. Biggers
|succeeded4=Roy Alvin Baldwin|birth_date={{birth date|1869|12|23}}
|succeeded4=Roy Alvin Baldwi
|birth_date=December 23, 1869
|birth_place=Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas
|birth_place=Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas
|birth_date=December 23, 1869
|birth_date=December 23, 1869
'''William Harrison Bledsoe''', also known as '''W. H. Bledsoe''' (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was an [[Lawyer|attorney]] and [[business]]man from [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from 1915 to 1929 in both houses, consecutively, of the [[Texas State Legislature]]. In 1923, as a [[Texas Senate|state senator]] for [[Texas Senate, District 29|District 29]], which encompassed a large portion of [[West Texas]], he co-authored legislation to establish what became [[Texas Tech University]].
'''William Harrison Bledsoe''', also known as '''W. H. Bledsoe''' (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was an [[Lawyer|attorney]] and [[business]]man from [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from 1915 to 1929 in both houses, consecutively, of the [[Texas State Legislature]]. In 1923, as a [[Texas Senate|state senator]] for [[Texas Senate, District 29|District 29]], which encompassed a large portion of [[West Texas]], he co-authored legislation to establish what became [[Texas Tech University]].
==Background==
==Background==