Draft:William M. Harrison

William M. Harrison (1818 – February 15, 1900) was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1868 to 1872, and again from 1874 to 1882.

Born in Maryland in 1818, Harrison "came to Arkansas in 1840 and taught school for a year in Chicot County".

He returned to Maryland and taught while studying law.

"From 1852 to 1856, he represented Ashley, Drew, and Chicot Counties in the Arkansas Senate".

He was "elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1860", and voted in favor of a secession convention.

He was elected to the second circuit in 1864, and nominated to the Supreme Court in 1868.

Harrison died at his home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at the age of 82.