William Anderson Handley Explained

State1:Alabama
District1:3rd
Term Start1:March 4, 1871
Term End1:March 3, 1873
Predecessor1:Robert S. Heflin
Successor1:Charles Pelham
Office2:Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Term2:1903-1907
Office3:Member of the Alabama Senate
Term3:1888-1892
Birth Name:William Anderson Handley
Birth Date:15 December 1834
Birth Place:Franklin, Georgia
Death Place:Roanoke, Alabama
Party:Democratic

William Anderson Handley (December 15, 1834 – June 23, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born at Liberty Hill, near Franklin, Georgia, Handley moved to Alabama.He attended the public schools.He moved to Roanoke, Alabama.During the Civil War served in the Confederate States Army as captain of the Twenty-fifth Regiment.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Handley was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873).He served in the State senate 1888-1892.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1903-1907.He resumed his former mercantile activities.He died in Roanoke, Alabama, June 23, 1909.He was interred in the City Cemetery.