Alonzo Craig Shuford (March 1, 1858 – February 8, 1933) was a

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from

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. Born on a farm near

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, Shuford attended the common schools and Newton College. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Joined the Farmers Alliance in 1889 and was a county and district lecturer. He served as delegate to the labor conference at St. Louis, Missouri, in February 1892. He was also a delegate to the Populist convention at

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, in July 1892. Shuford was elected vice president of the State Alliance in 1894. Shuford was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898. He resumed agricultural pursuits near

. He served as presidential elector on the Progressive ticket in 1924. He retired from active business pursuits in 1928 and moved to

Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-largest municipality in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state ca ...

, where he died on February 8, 1933. He was interred in Chapel Hill Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shuford, Alonzo Craig 1858 births 1933 deaths North Carolina Populists People from Newton, North Carolina People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina