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From 1925 to 1927, in the 39th legislative session, Bledsoe was the Senate President pro tempore in the administration of Governor Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (1875-1951), wife of former Governor Jim Ferguson. In 1927, Bledsoe was injured in an automobile accident. On retirement, he attributed the location of Texas Tech to the work of the citizens of the South Plains and Lubbock County.<ref name=findagrave/>
From 1925 to 1927, in the 39th legislative session, Bledsoe was the Senate President pro tempore in the administration of Governor Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (1875-1951), wife of former Governor Jim Ferguson. In 1927, Bledsoe was injured in an automobile accident. On retirement, he attributed the location of Texas Tech to the work of the citizens of the South Plains and Lubbock County.<ref name=findagrave/>
==Death and legacy==
Bledsoe died in the early spring of 1936 at the age of sixty-six. He is interred at Lubbock City Cemetery. ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' voted Bledsoe the eighth most influential Lubbock residents of the 20th century.
Bledsoe died in the early spring of 1936 at the age of sixty-six. He is interred at Lubbock City Cemetery. ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' voted Bledsoe the eighth most influential Lubbock residents of the 20th century.
His grave markers carries this inscription: "Because of his life, future generations have an inheritance that cannot be bought with a price."<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
==References==