Joseph Claude Shell, Sr. (September 7, 1918 – April 7, 2008) was a

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politician from

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who served in the California State Assembly from 1953 to 1963 from the 58th district. He later served on the

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. In

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...

he was a failed primary candidate for

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. Shell attended the

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and was captain of the 1939 USC football team which won the Rose Bowl that year. He then served in the

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during

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. His second wife was

Mary K. Shell Mary Katherine Shell (; February 9, 1927 — May 19, 2018) was an American Republican politician who served as the 23rd Mayor of Bakersfield for a single term between 1981 and 1985. She also served as a member of the Kern County Board of Superv ...

, a former member of the

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and the first female

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1918 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American legislators Members of the California State Assembly United States Navy personnel of World War II California Republicans 20th-century California politicians {{california-CAAssembly-stub