Person:Dorsey Shackelford (1)

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Dorsey William Shackelford, Esq.
b.27 Aug 1853 Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri, United States
d.15 Jul 1936 Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
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  • H.  Dorsey William Shackelford, Esq.1853 - 1936
  • W.  Florida Lee Hall1861 - 1940
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Name Dorsey William Shackelford, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Aug 1853 Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri, United States
Marriage Saline, Missouri, United Statesto Florida Lee Hall
Death[1] 15 Jul 1936 Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 12141932, in Find A Grave
    includes headstone photos, last accessed Mar 2024.

    U.S. Congressman. He attended William Jewell College and taught school at Liberty, Missouri, (1877-79). He then studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Boonville, Missouri. He was prosecuting attorney of Cooper County, Missouri, (1882-86, 90-92) and judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Missouri, (1892-99 ). In 1899, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard P. Bland, reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the next eight succeeding Congresses, serving until 1919. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he continued the practice of law until his death.

    Bio by John "J-Cat" Griffith

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