William D. McFarlane

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William D. McFarlane
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byGuinn Williams
Succeeded byEd Gossett
Personal details
Born
William Doddridge McFarlane

(1894-07-17)July 17, 1894
Greenwood, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 18, 1980(1980-02-18) (aged 85)
Graham, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeOak Grove Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Arkansas

William Doddridge McFarlane (July 17, 1894 – February 18, 1980) was a United States Representative from Texas.

Born in

Chicago, Illinois, and his LL.B. in 1921; later, in his 70s, he completed his J.D. there in 1969. He was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Graham, Texas
.

He served as member of the

Texas State Senate
from 1927 to 1931.

McFarlane was elected as a Democratic Representative for Texas's 13th congressional district to the Seventy-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

He resumed the practice of law, and served as special assistant to the attorney general at

Washington, DC
, from December 1944 to January 1946. He served as special assistant to the Attorney General in Washington, DC, January 1946 to July 1, 1951.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1951 to fill the vacancy in the Eighty-second Congress. He subsequently served in the Lands Division of the Justice Department from December 1, 1951, until his retirement on August 1, 1966, when he again resumed the practice of law.

He was the father of five children: Mary, Betty, Bill, Barbara, and Robert. Son

Robert McFarlane was the National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan
from 1983 until late 1985. William McFarlane and his wife Inez resided in Graham, Texas, where he died February 18, 1980. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 13th congressional district

1933–1939
Succeeded by