William Laird III

William Ramsey Laird III (June 2, 1916 – January 7, 1974) was a United States senator from West Virginia.He graduated from Greenbrier Military School, King College (in Bristol, Tennessee) and from West Virginia University in 1944.He was a member of the board of trustees of the Laird Foundation in Montgomery and was State tax commissioner in 1955–1956, when he resigned, having been appointed to the U.S. Senate on March 13, 1956, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harley M. Kilgore.He was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy and resumed the practice of law in Fayetteville and Montgomery.Laird died in Montgomery in 1974; his remains were interred in Huse Memorial Park, Fayetteville.
United States SenatorWest VirginiaWilliam C. MarlandHarley M. KilgoreChapman RevercombKeswick, CaliforniaMontgomery, West VirginiaDemocraticWilliam IVAlma materGreenbrier Military SchoolKing CollegeWest Virginia UniversityUnited StatesUnited States NavyWorld War IIBristol, TennesseeSecond World WarBoard of EducationDemocratFayettevilleMontgomeryWilliam Laird IVBiographical Directory of the United States CongressU.S. SenateClass 1 U.S. Senator from West VirginiaW. Chapman RevercombUnited States CongressSenateH. KilgoreM. NeelyC. RevercombC. BaileyH. Staggers Sr.E. KeeM. BurnsideR. ByrdB. MollohanUnited States senators from West VirginiaVan WinkleBoremanCapertonHerefordCamdenFaulknerChiltonSutherlandHatfieldKilgoreRevercombGoodwinManchinJusticeWilleyS. ElkinsD. ElkinsWatsonN. GoffG. GoffRosierHoblitzellRandolphRockefellerCapito