John Williams Shackelford (November 16, 1844 – January 18, 1883) was a Democratic

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from North Carolina between 1881 and 1883.

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Shackelford was born in Richlands, North Carolina, the descendant of an early Virginia family which had settled at

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. He enlisted in the

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at the age of 17 and rose to the rank of lieutenant during the war. In 1872, he was elected to the

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, where he served for six years, when he was elected to the North Carolina Senate. After a single two-year term in the Senate, he was elected to the

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in 1880. Shackelford died in Washington, D.C., during his first and only term in office, in January 1883. He is buried in his hometown of Richlands.

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