William H. Bledsoe

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = William Harrison Bledsoe

|image =

|state_house = Texas

|district = 122nd

|term_start = October 9, 1915

|term_end = July 17, 1919

|predecessor = Don H. Biggers

|successor = Roy Alvin Baldwin

|state_senate2 = Texas

|district2 = 29th

|term_start2 = July 17, 1919

|term_end2 = January 13, 1925

|predecessor2 = William S. Bell

|successor2 = Benjamin Franklin Berkeley

|state_senate3 = Texas

|district3 = 30th

|term_start3 = July 13, 1925

|term_end3 = January 8, 1929

|predecessor3 = Robert A. Stuart

|successor3 = Pink L. Parrish

|office4 = President pro tempore of the Texas Senate

|term_start4 = 1925

|term_end4 = 1927

|predecessor4 = Alvin J. Wirtz

|successor4 = James G. Strong

|birth_date = {{birth date|1869|12|23}}

|birth_place = Cleburne, Cleburne County, Texas, U.S.

|residence = Lubbock, Texas, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1936|3|30|1869|12|23}}

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|resting_place = Lubbock City Cemetery

|spouse = Married (name of spouse missing)

|children =

|parents = Willis Scott and Susan Frances Harrison Bledsoe

|religion =

|occupation = Lawyer; businessman

|alma_mater = University of Texas
Self-educated in the law

}}

William Harrison Bledsoe (December 23, 1869 – March 30, 1936), was a Texas attorney who served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. During the latter service, he helped enact legislation creating Texas Tech University.{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=W. S. Bledsoe|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=July 30, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=2207&searchparams=chamber=S~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Bledsoe~leaderNote=~leg=~party=Democrat~roleDesc=~Committee=

|title=W. H. Bledsoe|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=July 30, 2015}}

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