Alonzo Craig Shuford (March 1, 1858 – February 8, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Alonzo C. Shuford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Preceded byJohn S. Henderson
Succeeded byTheodore F. Kluttz
Personal details
Born
Alonzo Craig Shuford

(1858-03-01)March 1, 1858
near Newton, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedFebruary 8, 1933(1933-02-08) (aged 74)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeChapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyPopulist
Spouse
Willie Ellen Lowe
(m. 1882)
Children6
Parent(s)George Phillip Shuford
Anna Eliza Baker
ProfessionPolitician

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.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Alonzo C. Shuford (id: S000389)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 7th congressional district

1895–1899
Succeeded by