William H. Towers

{{Short description|American lawyer and state legislator}}

William Henry Towers (died July 12, 1959) was a lawyer and state legislator from Kansas.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-iola-register-kck-negro-lawyer-willi/128771103/|title=KCK Negro lawyer William H. Towers dies Had practiced law for 40 years|newspaper=The Iola Register |date=July 13, 1959|pages=3|via=newspapers.com}}

He was born in Kansas City and graduated from the University of Kansas Law School. He served as first assistant city attorney in Kansas City. He litigated against discriminatory housing covenants and union membership. He represented Wyandotte County for six two-year terms in the Kansas House of Representatives{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lOIjQUG4aoC&dq=william+h.+towers+kansas&pg=PA531|title=Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944|first=John Clay|last=Smith (Jr.)|date=March 16, 1999|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-1685-7 |via=Google Books}} from 1937 to 1947. He was the only African American serving in Kansas' legislature at the time. He was a Republican.{{Cite web|url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=95&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=&lngBusinessCategoryID=24&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode=|title=Kansas Legislators: Past and Present • State Library of Kans|website=kslib.info}}