William Ferguson Slemons

William Ferguson Slemons

William Ferguson Slemons (born March 15, 1830 in Dresden , Tennessee , † December 10, 1918 in Monticello , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1881 he represented the second constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Slemons attended Bethel College and moved to Arkansas in 1852. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1855, he began to work in his new profession in Monticello. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1861 he was a delegate at the meeting that decided to withdraw the state of Arkansas from the United States. During the ensuing civil war Slemons officer was in the army of the States Confederates . By the end of the war he had made it to the Colonel .

After the end of the war, Slemons worked again as a lawyer. Between 1866 and 1868 he was a district attorney. In the congressional election of 1874 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second district of Arkansas , where he succeeded Republican Oliver P. Snyder on March 4, 1875 . After two re-elections, Slemons was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1881. In 1880 he renounced another candidacy. After his tenure in Congress, Slemons returned to work as a lawyer in Monticello. Between 1903 and 1907 he was a district and probate judge in Drew County . Between 1908 and 1818 he served as justice of the peace.

Web links

• William Ferguson Slemons in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Ferguson Slemons in the database of Find a Grave (English)