W. Turner Logan

Born in Summerville, South Carolina,{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} Logan attended the public schools, and was graduated from the College of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1895.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}}

He studied law at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Charleston, South Carolina.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}}

He served as member of the State house of representatives 1901-1904.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} He was corporation counsel of Charleston 1914-1918.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Charleston County 1916-1918.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} He served as chairman of the city Democratic executive committee 1918-1922 and reelected in 1922.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}}

Logan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925).{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}} He was one of the 62 congressmen, and the only southerner, to vote against the Immigration Act of 1924.{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/68-1/h90|title = TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON H.R. ... -- House Vote #90 -- May 15, 1924}}

He continued the practice of his profession in Charleston, South Carolina, until his death there on September 15, 1941.{{sfn|"W. T. Logan Dies"|page=8}} He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.{{sfn|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|page=1463}}

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• {{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=September 16, 1941 |title=W. T. Logan Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66894788/ |work=Florence Morning News |location=Florence, SC |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"W. T. Logan Dies"}}}}

• {{cite book |last=United States Congress |date=2005 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1463 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-073176-1 |ref={{sfnRef|Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005}}}}

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• {{Find a Grave|6914993}}
• [http://schistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Logan-family-papers-1260.00.pdf Description, Logan Family Papers, 1865-1961] at South Carolina Historical Society
• [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/logan.html William Turner Logan] at The Political Graveyard

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Category:People from Summerville, South Carolina

Category:College of Charleston alumni

Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni

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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina

Category:Burials at Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina)

Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

Category:20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly