William L. Terry
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William Leake Terry was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Arkansas
Arkansas
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, father of David Dickson Terry.

Born near Wadesboro, North Carolina
Wadesboro, North Carolina
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, Terry moved with his parents to Tippah County, Mississippi
Tippah County, Mississippi
-Demographics:At the 2000 census, there are 20,826 people, 8,108 households and 5,910 families residing in the county. The population density was 46 per square mile . There were 8,868 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...

, in 1857 and to Pulaski County, Arkansas, in 1861.
He attended Bingham's Military Academy
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, North Carolina, and was graduated from Trinity College, North Carolina, in June 1872, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar
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 in November 1873 and practiced.
He served as member of the city council 1877-1879.
He served as member of the State senate in 1878 and 1879, serving as president of the senate in the session of 1879.
City attorney
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 of Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
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 from 1879 to 1885.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress
50th United States Congress
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.

Terry was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Fifty-second
52nd United States Congress
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 and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1901).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900.
He resumed the practice of law in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
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, and died there November 4, 1917.
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
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