Handley, William Anderson

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    William Anderson Handley
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    US House of Representatives
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    Confederate Army

    William Anderson Handley (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    HANDLEY, William Anderson, a Representative from Alabama; born at Liberty Hill, near Franklin, Heard County, Ga., December 15, 1834; moved to Alabama; attended the public schools; moved to Roanoke, Randolph County, Ala.; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as captain of the Twenty-fifth Regiment; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); served in the State senate 1888-1892; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; member of the State house of representatives 1903-1907; resumed his former mercantile activities; died in Roanoke, Ala., June 23, 1909; interment in the City Cemetery.
    “Handley, William Anderson,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000155.
    How to Cite This Page: "Handley, William Anderson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/12701.