Samuel Azariah Shelton (September 3, 1858 – September 13, 1948) was a

United States Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together the ...

from

Missouri's 16th congressional district The 16th congressional district of Missouri was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri from 1903 to 1933. List of members representing the district References Election Statistics 1920-presentCl ...

. Born near

Waterloo, Alabama Waterloo is a town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence–Muscle Shoals metropolitan area, known as "The Shoals". As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 203, down from 208 in 2000. The town and ...

, Shelton moved with his widowed mother to

Webster County, Missouri Webster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,202. Its county seat is Marshfield. The county was organized in 1855 and named for U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State Danie ...

in 1869. Shelton was elected as a Republican to the

67th Congress The 67th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, ...

(March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922 to the 68th Congress.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, Samuel Azariah 1858 births 1948 deaths People from Lauderdale County, Alabama People from Marshfield, Missouri Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri