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'''William Jennings Cleveland, Sr.''', known as '''Bill Cleveland''' (October 19, 1902 &ndash; December 16, 1974),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url= http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cleveland&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1109&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=6031768&df=all&|title=William J. "Bill" Cleveland|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> was a [[real estate]] developer from Crowley, [[Louisiana]], who served as a  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] lawmaker from 1944 to 1964, with service in both houses. Cleveland is best known for having been defeated in his bid for a third term in the state Senate by fellow Crowley Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], an [[attorney]] who subsequently served less than two years in that body but in time became his state's only four-term [[governor]].

'''William Jennings Cleveland, Sr.''', known as '''Bill Cleveland''' (October 19, 1902 &ndash; December 16, 1974),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url= http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cleveland&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1109&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=6031768&df=all&|title=William J. "Bill" Cleveland|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> was a [[real estate]] developer from Crowley, [[Louisiana]], who served as a  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] lawmaker from 1944 to 1964, with service in both houses. Cleveland is best known for having been defeated in his bid for a third term in the state Senate by fellow Crowley Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], an [[attorney]] who subsequently served less than two years in that body but in time became his state's only four-term [[governor]].

From 1944 to 1956, Cleveland represented his adopted Acadia Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Acadia Parish|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> From 1956 to 1964, he was a state senator for two terms from Acadia Parish. In the first term, he also represented neighboring [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana|St. Landry Parish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024: Acadia and St. Landry parishes|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>

From 1944 to 1956, Cleveland represented his adopted Acadia Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Acadia Parish|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref> From 1956 to 1964, he was a state senator for two terms from Acadia Parish. In the first term, he also represented neighboring St. Landry Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024: Acadia and St. Landry parishes|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>

 

 

In 1959, Cleveland was  acting governor for a day for the observance in Baton Rouge by the Men's Goodwill Tour of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/LHP/id/8786|title=Acting Louisiaan Governor W. J. "Bill" Cleveland|publisher=llouisdl.louislibraries.org|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>

In 1959, Cleveland was  acting governor for a day for the observance in Baton Rouge by the Men's Goodwill Tour of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/LHP/id/8786|title=Acting Louisiaan Governor W. J. "Bill" Cleveland|publisher=llouisdl.louislibraries.org|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>

Cleveland was a delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which assembled the [[Adlai Stevenson II|Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman|Sparkman]] [[Ticket (politics)|ticket]], which won the ten [[electoral vote]]s of Louisiana that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html|title=Cleveland, William J.|publisher=[[The Political Graveyard]]|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref> He was subsequently an alternate delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Conventio], which also met in Chicago amid rioting and looting to nominate the [[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]]-[[Edmund Muskie|Muskie]] slate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/435-7/24/1968.html|title=State Democratic Delegates to Convention Are Listed|date=July 24, 1968|publisher=reggiefamilyarchives.com|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref> However, the Louisiana electoral votes in 1968 went to [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] on the American Independent Party ticket.

Cleveland was a delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which assembled the [[Adlai Stevenson II|Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman|Sparkman]] [[Ticket (politics)|ticket]], which won the ten [[electoral vote]]s of Louisiana that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html|title=Cleveland, William J.|publisher=[[The Political Graveyard]]|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref> He was subsequently an alternate delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Conventio], which also met in Chicago amid rioting and looting to nominate the [[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]]-[[Ed Muskie|Muskie]] slate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reggiefamilyarchives.com/435-7/24/1968.html|title=State Democratic Delegates to Convention Are Listed|date=July 24, 1968|publisher=reggiefamilyarchives.com|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref> However, the Louisiana electoral votes in 1968 went to [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] on the American Independent Party ticket.

   

   

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