William H. Blevins (1842-?) was a barber, farmer, and state legislator in Alabama. Sourced from: Richard Bailey, Neither Carpetbaggers nor Scalawags (2010); Beth Thacker [long-term staff member of the House of Representatives], unpublished roster of Alabama House members, 1997.
He was born in Alabama. He was elected from Dallas County, Alabama to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1874. He and other African Americans who served in the Alabama legislature from 1870-1879 are commemorated on a historical marker.
He was a fireman with the Central City Fire Company in Selma, Alabama (Benjamin S. Turner was foreman). He was also a landowner.
See also African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
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