George C. Shell

George C. Shell
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 15th district
In office
January 14, 1895 – April 10, 1895[1]
Preceded byGeorge W. Bell
In office
January 11, 1897 – March 10, 1897[1]
Succeeded byRichard Aylett Buckner
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Arkansas

George C. Shell was a lawyer and politician in Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas State Senate. He was a Democrat and represented Desha and Chicot counties. His post office was in Lake Village.[2]

He graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1882.[3] He edited the Chicot Press newspaper.[4][5]

He was recommended by the district bar, August 1893, to replace judge Carroll D. Wood as judge for the tenth judicial district while elections for a successor were completed.[6][7]

He was elected to the Arkansas State Senate in 1895[8] replacing George W. Bell, an African American. He served in the 30th and 31st general assemblies, the first in 1895 and the second in 1897.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Martin, Mark (2018). Historical Report of the Secretary of State (PDF). ISBN 978-0-692-03553-5. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  2. ^ State, Arkansas Office of the Secretary of (January 12, 1896). "Report" – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of the University of Arkansas". 1894.
  4. ^ Allsopp, Fred William (1922). "History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More".
  5. ^ Co, Goodspeed Publishing. Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Its Distinguished Citizens, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties Mentioned, and Numerous Biographical Sketches of the Citizens of Such County. Southern Historical Press. ISBN 9780893080839.
  6. ^ "Resigned from the Bench". The Southern Standard. August 11, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2025. Open access icon
  7. ^ Supreme Court, Arkansas (1894). "Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at the".
  8. ^ "Personal points". Daily Arkansas Gazette. January 6, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved February 16, 2025. Open access icon


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