{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bill Alexander | image = Sen William B. Alexander 1980.jpg | birth_name = {{nowrap|William Brooks Alexander Jr.}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|12|23}} | birth_place = Boyle, Mississippi, U.S. | state_senate1 = Mississippi | district1 = 12th | term_start1 = 1961 | term_end1 = January 1984 | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|1|19|1921|12|23}} | office = President pro tempore of the<br>Mississippi State Senate | term_start = January 1976 | term_end = January 1984 | party = Democratic | predecessor = Bob Perry | successor = Tommy Brooks | spouse = Belle McDonald | education = Mississippi College<br>University of Mississippi | allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} | branch = United States Army | battles = World War II | predecessor1 = W. B. Alexander Sr. | parents = W. B. Alexander Sr. (father) }}
'''William Brooks Alexander Jr.''' (December 23, 1921 - January 19, 2006) was an American attorney, farmer, and politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1960 to 1984, and its president pro tempore from 1976 to 1984.
== Biography == William Brooks Alexander was born on December 23, 1921, in Boyle, Mississippi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Mississippi. Legislature|date=1980-01-01|title=Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1980]|url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sta_leghb/15|journal=Mississippi Legislature Hand Books}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=SC 554 (As Adopted by Senate and House) - 2006 Regular Session|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/SC/SC0554SG.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=billstatus.ls.state.ms.us}}</ref> He was the son of lawyer and state senator William Brooks Alexander Sr. and Vivien B. Alexander.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1966-07-16 |title=W B Alexander |pages=8 |work=Clarion-Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112960083/w-b-alexander/ |access-date=2022-11-12}}</ref> He attended schools in Boyle for 12 years.<ref name=":1" /> He also became an Eagle Scout.<ref name=":1" /> He graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1948.<ref name=":1" /> He was first elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1960 after the death of his father, who had been the incumbent.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1966, while still a state senator, he was a candidate for Congress.<ref name=":1" /> In 1976, he became the senate's president pro tempore, and held that position until his last Senate term ended in 1984.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He died on January 19, 2006.<ref name=":1" />
== References == <references />{{MS Senate Presidents Pro Tempore}}
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