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William Ferguson Slemons
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by Oliver P. Snyder
Succeeded by James K. Jones
Personal details
Born (1830-03-15)March 15, 1830
Dresden, Tennessee
Died December 10, 1918(1918-12-10) (aged 88)
Monticello, Arkansas
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Bethel College
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States
Branch/service  Confederate States Army
Years of service 1861–1864
Rank Confederate States of America Colonel.png Colonel
Unit Arkansas 2nd Arkansas Cavalry
Battles/wars American Civil War

William Ferguson Slemons (March 15, 1830 – December 10, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Biography

Born in Dresden, Tennessee, Slemons attended Bethel College. He moved to Arkansas in 1852. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and practiced in Monticello, Drew County. He served as member of the Arkansas State convention in 1861. He entered the Confederate States Army in July 1861 and served as colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry in Price's Cavalry during the Civil War. In the Fall of 1864, while fighting in Kansas, Slemons had his horse shot out from under him, and he and a large part of his regiment were captured. For the remainder of the war, he was held captive by Union forces. He resumed the practice of law. He served as district attorney 1866-1868.

Slemons was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880. He resumed the practice of his profession in Monticello, Arkansas. County and probate judge of Drew County 1903-1907. He was in the Justice of the Peace 1908-1918. He died in Monticello, Arkansas, December 10, 1918 and was interred in Union Ridge Cemetery, near Monticello, Arkansas.

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