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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriSamuel Azariah SHELTON
(1858-1948)
SHELTON, Samuel Azariah, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Waterloo, Lauderdale
County, Ala., September 3, 1858; moved with his widowed mother to
Webster County, Mo., in 1869; attended the common schools, Mountain
Dale Academy, and the Seymour and Marshfield High Schools; taught
school; engaged in agricultural pursuits 1881-1930; clerk of the
circuit court of Webster County 1895-1899; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Marshfield,
Webster County, Mo.; postmaster of Marshfield 1906-1910;
prosecuting attorney of Webster County 1914-1916; chairman of the
Republican county committee for four terms; elected as a Republican
to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923);
declined to be a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of
law in Marshfield, Mo., where he died September 13, 1948; interment
in Marshfield Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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