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From 1925 to 192, in the 39th legislative session, Bledsoe was the Senate President pro tempore in the administration of Governor Miriam Wallace Ferguson, wife of former Governor James 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 192, in the 39th legislative session, Bledsoe was the Senate President pro tempore in the administration of Governor Miriam Wallace Ferguson, wife of former Governor James 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/>
Bledsoe died in the early spring of 1936 at the age of sixty-six. He is interred at Lubbock City Cemetery. He is voted the eighth most influential Lubbock resident by the ''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]''.<ref name=findagrave/>
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 resident.<ref name=findagrave/>
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