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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

HON. JOHN D. SHACKLEFORD.
    Hon. John D. Shackleford, of Little Rock, lawyer and lawmaker, who has left
the impress of his individuality upon the history of the bar and upon the laws
of the commonwealth through service in both houses of the general assembly, was
born in Carthage, Missouri, November 25, 1864. His parents, Henry H. and Martha
J. (Dennis) Shackleford, removed with their family to Arkansas in 1875, the
father becoming one of the leading and prosperous farmers of Carroll county,
where both he and his wife remained until called to their final rest.

    Having attended the public schools of Carrollton until he had completed the
high school course, John D. Shackleford then determined upon the practice of law
as a life work and pursued his reading under private tutorship until admitted to
the bar in 1886. In February, 1890, he removed to Little Rock, where he has
since engaged in active practice. Here he completed the prescribed course in the
law department of the University of Arkansas and was graduated as a member of
its first class in 1894. He had previously been a member of what is known as the
Little Rock Law Class, which had been in existence for many years and of which
he was president when the class was merged into the law department of the
University of Arkansas. To an understanding of uncommon acuteness and vigor.Mr.
Shackleford thus added a thorough and conscientious preparatory training, while
in his practice he has exemplified all the higher elements of the truly great
lawyer. He is constantly inspired by an innate, inflexible love of justice and a
delicate sense of personal honor which controls him in all the relations of
life. His fidelity to the interests of his clients is proverbial, yet he never
forgets that he owes a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. His
diligence and energy in the preparation of his cases, as well as the
earnestness, tenacity and courage with which he defends the right as he
understands it, challenges the highest admiration of his associates. He
invariably seeks to present his argument in the strong, clear light of common
reason and sound logical principle.

    On the 2d of May, 1894, Mr. Shackleford was united in marriage to Miss Ada
B. Dominick, who was born and reared in Arkansas, her father being the late John
Dominick of Pulaski county. They are the parents of two sons and a daughter:
John Marshall, Ada May and William Henry. Mr. Shackleford maintains his home
upon a farm near Little Rock, where he took up his ahode in 1915, though still
actively engaged in law practice in the capital city. He has membership in the
Christian church and belongs to the Woodmen of the World. His political views
have always been in full accord with the principles of the democratic party, and
he has taken an active interest in politics. In 1897 he was elected to represent
Pulaski county in the general assembly, and in 1899 was chosen state senator for
a period of four years, so that his service as one of the lawmakers of Arkansas
covered a period of six years. He carefully considered the important and vital
questions that came up for settlement before the house and was active and
influential in the deliberations of the committee rooms. During his senatorial
term he served on the judiciary committee, was chairman of the committee on
auditors' and treasurers' books, a member of the committee on charitable
institutions and also active in other committee work. He has ever most
thoroughly and earnestly considered the problems which affect the welfare of the
state and his support of any measure secured to it a still larger following from
among those who recognized the soundness of Mr. Shackleford's judgment and his
intense public spirit.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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