William Hines Furbush (c. 1839 – September 3, 1902) was an American photographer, politician, police officer, lawyer and newspaper editor.

In February 1865, towards the end of the American Civil War, he joined the 42nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment in Columbus, Ohio.

[4] Furbush was involved in Civil Rights disputes over he and other African Americans being denied admission to restaurants and theaters.

He resigned as sheriff for a white man and ran as a Democrat for a seat in the Arkansas House.

He feuded with the Lily White Republicans and Democrats, who he came to support even establishing a Democratic Party paper for blacks, before the party disenfranchised his fellow African Americans and drew Fusion politics to a close.