{{Short description|American politician (1895–1965)}} {{Infobox officeholder |image = William Feazel.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Louisiana]] |term_start = May 18, 1948 |term_end = December 30, 1948 |appointer = [[Earl Long]] |predecessor = [[John H. Overton]] |successor = [[Russell B. Long]] |office2 =[[Louisiana State Legislature|Louisiana State Representative from Ouachita Parish]] |term_start2 =1932 |term_end2 =1936 |predecessor2 =Tandy T. Webb<br />F. C. Bennett |successor2 =Paul Fink<br />W. B. Inabnett |birth_name = William Crosson Feazel |birth_date = {{birth date|1895|6|10}} |birth_place = [[Farmerville, Louisiana|Farmerville]], [[Union Parish, Louisiana|Union Parish]]<br />[[Louisiana]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1965|3|16|1895|6|10}} |death_place = [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]], [[Caddo Parish, Louisiana|Caddo Parish]], Louisiana |resting_place =Hasley Cemetery in [[West Monroe, Louisiana|West Monroe]], Louisiana |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = |children =Lallage Feazel Wall Son-in-law [[Shady Wall|Shady R. Wall]] }} '''William Crosson Feazel''' (June 10, 1895 - March 16, 1965) was a [[United States Senator]] from [[Louisiana]]. Born near [[Farmerville, Louisiana|Farmerville]] in [[Union Parish]], he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and gas producer.
Feazel was a member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1932 to 1936. He was appointed by Governor [[Earl Kemp Long]] on May 18, 1948, as a [[USDemocrat|Democrat]] to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[John H. Overton]]. Feazel served from May 18 to December 30, 1948. He was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in 1948 and resumed the oil and gas business in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and [[Shreveport]]. He was a resident of [[West Monroe, Louisiana|West Monroe]], and died in Shreveport in 1965; interment was in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe. His seat went to his fellow Democrat, [[Russell B. Long]], the son of [[Huey Long|Huey P. Long, Jr.]]<ref name=dodd>[[Bill Dodd]], ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' (Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Claitor's Publishers, 1991), p. 162-163</ref>
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