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|name= William Harrison Bledsoe​

|name= William Harrison Bledsoe​

|office=[[Texas]] State Senator for District 29 (Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle,<br> Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley,<br> Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox,<br> Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties)​

|office=[[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,<br> Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties)​

|term_start=July 17, 1919​

|term_start=July 17, 1919​

|term_end=January 13, 1925​

|term_end=January 13, 1925​

|title=W. H. Bledsoe|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>​

|title=W. H. Bledsoe|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>​

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Representative Bledsoe chaired the House committee which in 1917 investigated [[Governor]] [[James E. Ferguson]], who was [[Impeachment|impeached]]<ref name=findagrave/> by the full House and convicted in the state Senate for misapplication of public funds and receiving $156,000 from an unnamed source.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffe05 |title=Ferguson, James Edward|publisher=Texas State Historical Association:  The Handbook of Texas Online |accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> He also headed a committee that supervised the reform of the Texas Ranger Division.<ref name=findagrave/>​

Representative Bledsoe chaired the House committee which in 1917 investigated [[Governor]] James Edward "Jim" Ferguson, Jr. (1871-1944), who was [[Impeachment|impeached]]<ref name=findagrave/> by the full House and convicted in the state Senate for misapplication of public funds and receiving $156,000 from an unnamed source.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffe05 |title=Ferguson, James Edward|publisher=Texas State Historical Association:  The Handbook of Texas Online |accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref> He also headed a committee that supervised the reform of the Texas Ranger Division.<ref name=findagrave/>​

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In 1917, a bill to establish an A&M college for west Texas passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor Ferguson.  A committee chaired by the governor was named to conduct the site selection. Ferguson announced the selection of [[Abilene]], but he had rigged the results. Mrs. Bledsoe, first and maiden names missing, said that her husband called for Ferguson's impeachment while seated next to the governor. The Abilene college selection was struck down.<ref name=findagrave/> ​

In 1917, a bill to establish an A&M college for west Texas passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor Ferguson.  A committee chaired by the governor was named to conduct the site selection. Ferguson announced the selection of [[Abilene]], but he had rigged the results. Mrs. Bledsoe, first and maiden names missing, said that her husband called for Ferguson's impeachment while seated next to the governor. The Abilene college selection was struck down.<ref name=findagrave/> ​