W. H. Abington

W. H. Abington
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1927–1930
1937–1938
1945–1946
Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1929–1931
Preceded by Reece Caudle
Succeeded by Irving C. Neale
Member of the Arkansas State Senate
In office
1923–1926
1931–1934
1939–1944
1949–1952
Personal details
Born (1871-01-02)January 2, 1871
Des Arc, Arkansas
Died March 19, 1951(1951-03-19) (aged 80)
Beebe, Arkansas
Political party Democratic
Residence Sebastian County, Arkansas

William H. Abington (January 2, 1871 – March 19, 1951) was an American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing White County, Arkansas, and Arkansas State Senate as a member of the Democratic party.[1][2][3][4] He also represented the 27th District, which comprises White County and Faulkner County, Arkansas.

He was a Major, Commanding Officer and surgeon of the 1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment[5][6] and reported to Alexandria, Louisiana to go to Camp Beauregard.[7] He was also a member of the National Guard.[8] He also taught at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now University of Arkansas Medical Department).[9] In 1927, he was also involved in the controversial debate of state-funded schools and two new additions to that list.[10] In 1943, he sponsored the Senats Bill No. 65 known as the Anti-Violence Law which received criticism.[11][12][13]

He died in 1951 and was buried at Beebe Cemetery in White County, Arkansas.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Physician Politicians in Arkansas". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994". google.ca. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Arkansas House Of Representatives". arkansashouse.org. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  4. ↑ http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf
  5. ↑ Military Medicine, Volume 39, page 103,
  6. ↑ Aerial Age - Volume 5, page 139, 1917
  7. ↑ he Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, Volume 14, page 85, 1917
  8. ↑ Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times, Volume 49, page 22, 1911
  9. ↑ Baird, W. David (1979). edical Education in Arkansas: 1879-1978. Memphis State University Press. ISBN 0878700528. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Arkansas: Colony and State, page 139, 1973, Rose Publishing Company
  11. ↑ Karatnycky, Adrian, reedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties, 2000-2001, Transaction Publishers, ISBN 1412850088
  12. ↑ Johnson, Jr., Ben F. (2014). rkansas in Modern America, 1930–1999. University of Arkansas Press. p. 60. ISBN 1610755510. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  13. ↑ Smith, C. Calvin, War and wartime changes: the transformation of Arkansas, 1940-1945, page 92, 1986, University of Arkansas Press
  14. ↑ "Dr. Senator W. H. Abington". findagrave.org. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
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