William Turner Logan (June 21, 1874 – September 15, 1941) was a

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from South Carolina. Born in

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, Logan attended the public schools, and was graduated from the College of

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, in 1895. He studied law at the University of Virginia in

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in

Political career

He served as member of the State house of representatives 1901-1904. He was corporation counsel of Charleston 1914-1918. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Charleston County 1916-1918. He served as chairman of the city Democratic executive committee 1918-1922 and reelected in 1922. Logan was elected as a

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to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924. He was one of the 62 congressmen, and the only southerner, to vote against the Immigration Act of 1924. He continued the practice of his profession in

, until his death there on September 15, 1941. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

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Description, Logan Family Papers, 1865-1961
at South Carolina Historical Society

at The Political Graveyard {{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, William Turner 1874 births 1941 deaths People from Summerville, South Carolina College of Charleston alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni South Carolina lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Burials at Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)