William Pitt Ballinger (September 25, 1825 – January 20, 1888) was an American lawyer and statesman in Texas.
Following the war, he was instrumental in the reconstruction in Texas, the emancipation of black slaves, and the industrial development of the South.
He was the eldest child of James Franklin Ballinger and Olivia Adams, who named him for William Pitt.
In 1840, Ballinger was invited to attend a recently opened Jesuit school in Bardstown, Kentucky, St. Mary's Catholic College.
[3] Like the Governor of Texas, Sam Houston, Ballinger was pro-Union and opposed secession, but the Unionists were outvoted in a statewide referendum by a margin of 46,129 to 14,697.