Bill Slocum

{{short description|American politician (1947–2023)}}

{{other people5|William Slocum (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = William L. Slocum

| state_senate = Pennsylvania

| district = 25th

| term_start = January 7, 1997

| term_end = June 1, 2000{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania Senate - 1999-2000| work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| publisher = Wilkes University | year =2004 | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/183S.pdf}}

| predecessor = John Peterson

| successor = Joe Scarnati

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|11|21}}

| birth_place = Franklin, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|03|30|1947|11|21}}

| death_place = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| party = Republican

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| occupation =

| spouse = Connie Lind

| children = 2 children

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William L. Slocum (November 21, 1947 – March 30, 2023) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pasen.gov/members/sd25.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990128085649/http://www.pasen.gov/members/sd25.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 1999|title=Pennsylvania Senate - Slocum|date=Jan 28, 1999|accessdate=Aug 11, 2019}}

Slocum pleaded guilty and spent a month in federal prison for filing false reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and discharging raw sewage into Brokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager in Youngsville, Pennsylvania.{{cite web | title=Senator gets jail time for dumping sewage | website=web.archive.org | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030924200539if_/http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000510slocum6.asp | access-date=2024-07-01}}

Slocum died in Erie, Pennsylvania on March 30, 2023, at the age of 75.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nelsonfuneralhome.net/obituary/William-SlocumJr |title=Obituary for William L. Slocum, Jr. |publisher=Nelson Funeral Home |access-date=April 2, 2023}}