Carlos Douglas Shelden (June 10, 1840 – June 24, 1904) was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Shelden was born in

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and moved with his parents to Houghton County, Michigan in 1847. He attended the Union School of Ypsilanti, Michigan and returned to his home in the fall of 1861. He served throughout the Civil War as captain in the Twenty-third Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry. At the end of his service, Shelden returned to Houghton County and engaged in mining, machining, real estate, and the steamboat business. Years later, he served in the

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from Houghton County 2nd District, 1893–94 and served in the

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( 32nd District) in 1894. In 1896, Shelden was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 12th congressional district to the

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. He was subsequently re-elected to the 56th and 57th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1903 in the U.S. House. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1902, losing to fellow Republican

H. Olin Young Horace Olin Young (August 4, 1850 – August 5, 1917) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Young was born in New Albion, New York, the son of State Senator Horace C. Young (1806–1879) and Laura P. (Walker) Young (1808–1890). He ...

. Carlos D. Shelden died just two weeks after his 64th birthday in

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and is interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.

References

The Political Graveyard

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shelden, Carlos Douglas 1840 births 1904 deaths People from Walworth, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Republican Party Michigan state senators Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan 19th-century American legislators