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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>
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>"Acting Louisiana Governor W. J. "Bill" Cleveland,"louisdl.louislibraries, accessed March 7, 2015; no longer available on-line.</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>"Acting Louisiana Governor W. J. "Bill" Cleveland," louisdl.louislibraries, accessed March 7, 2015; no longer available on-line.</ref>
Cleveland was a delegate to the 1952 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], which assembled the [[Adlai Stevenson|Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman|Sparkman]] 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=July 28, 2020}}</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 ticket. 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|Stevenson]]-[[John Sparkman|Sparkman]] 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=July 28, 2020}}</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 ticket. However, the Louisiana electoral votes in 1968 went to [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] on the American Independent Party ticket.