William Ferguson Slemons (March 15, 1830 – December 10, 1918) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas.

Slemons was born in Dresden, Tennessee

Dresden, Tennessee

Dresden is a town in and the county seat of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,855 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dresden is located at ....

 on March 15, 1830. He attended Bethel College

Bethel College

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, studying law

Law

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. Slemons moved to Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

 in 1852 and was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Monticello, Arkansas

Monticello, Arkansas

Monticello is a city in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 9,327. The city is the county seat of Drew County. It is the home of the University of Arkansas at Monticello.-History:...

. He was member of the Arkansas State convention in 1861. Following Southern Succession, Slemons entered the Confederate Army in July 1861 and served as colonel in Price’s Cavalry throughout the Civil War. He resumed the practice of law at wars end, and served as a district attorney from 1866 to 1868. Slemons was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1881. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880, but instead resumed the practice of his profession in Monticello. He beacme a county and probate judge of Drew County from 1903 to 1907 and was justice of the peace from 1908 to 1918; He died in Monticello on December 10, 1918.

External links

• http://bioguide.congress.gov