Alonzo C. Shuford
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Alonzo Craig Shuford was a U.S. Representative
from North Carolina
.
Born on a farm near Newton, North Carolina
, 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 Omaha, Nebraska
, 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 Newton, North Carolina
.
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
, where he died on February 8, 1933.
He was interred in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
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Born on a farm near Newton, North Carolina
Newton, North Carolina
Newton is a city located in Catawba County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 12,560. It is the county seat of Catawba County.Newton is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, 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 Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
, 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 Newton, North Carolina
Newton, North Carolina
Newton is a city located in Catawba County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 12,560. It is the county seat of Catawba County.Newton is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area....
.
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, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...
, where he died on February 8, 1933.
He was interred in Chapel Hill Cemetery.