Dorsey W. Shackleford

Dorsey W. Shackleford


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 8th district
In office August 29, 1899 – March 3, 1919
Preceded by	Richard P. Bland
Succeeded by	William L. Nelson
Personal details
Born	(1853-08-27)August 27, 1853 near Sweet Springs, Missouri
Died	July 15, 1936(1936-07-15) (aged 82) Jefferson City, Missouri
Political party	Democratic
Profession	lawyer

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 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 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 re-elected 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 to sixty-fifth Congresses), and introduced legislation that would ultimately be enacted as the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. On April 5, 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, July 15, 1936. He was interred in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Missouri.

References

United States Congress. "Dorsey W. Shackleford (id: S000274)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Dorsey W. Shackleford at Find a Grave

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

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham

Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield

Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson

Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington

Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster

Notes	^Alternately named Public Works* and Public Works and Transportation.

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