Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey William Shackleford (27 August 1853 – 15 July 1936) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Born near Sweet Springs, Missouri, Shackleford attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri. He taught school from 1877 to 1879. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Boonville, Missouri. He served as prosecuting attorney of Cooper County, Missouri from 1882 to 1886 and from 1890 to 1892. He served as judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Missouri from 1 June 1892 until his resignation on 9 September 1899, having been elected to Congress.
Shackleford was elected as a Democratic Representative to the fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard P. Bland. He was re-elected to the fifty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses, and served from 29 August 1899 to 3 March 1919. He served as chairman of the Committee on Roads (sixty-third to sixty-fifth Congresses), and introduced legislation that would ultimately be enacted as the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. On 5 April 1917, he voted against declaring war on Germany. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the sixty-sixth Congress. He moved to Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1919 and continued the practice of law. He died in Jefferson City, Missouri, 15 on July 1936. He was interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Missouri.
References
- Dorsey W. Shackleford at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Dorsey W. Shackleford at Find a Grave
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 8th congressional district 1899–1919 |
Succeeded by William L. Nelson |
