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Revision as of 11:32, 7 March 2008
William Bacon Oliver (May 23, 1867–May 27, 1948) was a U. S. Congressman. Born in Eutaw, Greene County, Oliver graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the University of Virginia in the same year, he was admitted to the Alabama bar, and set up a practice in Tuscaloosa.
He became dean of the law school of the University of Alabama in 1909, serving until 1913, then ran successfully for Congress in 1914, and remained there for eleven terms, not standing for reelection in 1936.
He then served as a special assistant to the United States Attorney General from 1939 to 1944, at which time he retired. He died in 1948, and is buried in the Eutaw Cemetery in Eutaw.
The William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River is named after him, as is the Oliver Lake behind the dam.
References
- Congressional biography
- Black Warrior River hydrologic modifications
- RootsWeb genealogy entry
- Find-A-Grave entry
- Political Graveyard biography
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