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Bledsoe won a [[special election]] for state representative in House District  122 held on October 9, 1915, to schoose a successor to Representative Don H. Biggers, who resigned the seat.<ref name=lrl/> A story circulated that Bledsoe was out of town at the time of filing for the special election, and a handful of civic leaders placed his name in the Democratic [[primary election]].<ref name=findagrave/> On July 14, 1919, he won another special election in Senate District 29 to succeed William S. Bell, who died in office. He remained in District 29 from 1919 to 1925, when he began to represent Senate  District 30]] for four more years until 1929.<ref name=lrl/>

Bledsoe won a [[special election]] for state representative in House District  122 held on October 9, 1915, to schoose a successor to Representative Don H. Biggers, who resigned the seat.<ref name=lrl/> A story circulated that Bledsoe was out of town at the time of filing for the special election, and a handful of civic leaders placed his name in the Democratic [[primary election]].<ref name=findagrave/> On July 14, 1919, he won another special election in Senate District 29 to succeed William S. Bell, who died in office. He remained in District 29 from 1919 to 1925, when he began to represent Senate  District 30]] for four more years until 1929.<ref name=lrl/>

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/>​

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 |author=Ralph W. Steen|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/> ​