Dorsey W. Shackleford

Dorsey William Shackleford (August 27, 1853 - July 15, 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 1877-1879. 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 1890-1892. He served as judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Missouri from June 1, 1892, until his resignation on September 9, 1899, having been elected to Congress.

Congressman Dorsey W. Shackleford, standing in front of the U.S. Capitol, 1911

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 reelected to the fifty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses, and served from August 29, 1899, to March 3, 1919. He served as chairman of the Committee on Roads (sixty-third through sixty-fifth Congresses), and introduced legislation that would ultimately be enacted as the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. 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, on July 15, 1936. He was interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Missouri.

References

• Dorsey W. Shackleford at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Richard P. Bland	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 8th congressional district 1899-1919	Succeeded by William L. Nelson

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Name	Shackleford, Dorsey William
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Date of birth	August 27, 1853
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Date of death	July 15, 1936
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