William A. Stanfill

William Abner Stanfill
United States Senator
from Kentucky
In office
November 19, 1945  November 5, 1946
Preceded by Happy Chandler
Succeeded by John S. Cooper
Personal details
Born (1892-01-16)January 16, 1892
Barbourville, Kentucky
Died June 12, 1971(1971-06-12) (aged 79)
Lexington, Kentucky
Political party Republican

William Abner Stanfill (January 16, 1892  June 12, 1971) was briefly a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky.

Stanfill attended Union College and received a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1912. He practiced law in Barbourville, Kentucky and Hazard, Kentucky. He served on the board of regents of Morehead State Teachers College (now Morehead State University) 1927 1931.

United States Senator Happy Chandler, a Democrat, resigned his Senate seat to become Commissioner of Baseball on November 1, 1945. Republican Governor of Kentucky Simeon S. Willis appointed Stanfill, a Republican, to the vacant Senate seat on November 19, 1945. Stanfill did not run for election to the seat. He served from November 19, 1945, to November 5, 1946 when his successor, John Sherman Cooper who had won the seat by election, assumed the Senate seat. Stanfill then resumed the practice of law and later retired to Lexington, Kentucky.

United States Senate
Preceded by
Happy Chandler
United States Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky
November 19, 1945 November 5, 1946
Succeeded by
John Sherman Cooper
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