William Hemingway

William Hemingway (July 19, 1869 - November 5, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician, and professor. He served as the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1901 to 1905, and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1920. He was a Democrat. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1889 and was admitted to the bar in 1897. He died on November 5, 1937.

Personal life Hemingway married Grace Hyer in 1901. Her father, William Fisk Hyer, was a member of the Mississippi Legislature in 1871. William and Grace had several children, but all of them died in infancy.