William Harrison Bledsoe (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was a Texas attorney who served in the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...

and the

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. During the latter service, he helped enact legislation creating

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