J. P. Shelton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJ. P. Shelton
Alabama state politician
Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1886
Place of Birth: Cuba, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 06-May-1954
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About J. P. Shelton
- James Pervis Shelton[n1] (October 2, 1886 – May 6, 1954) was a politician from the U.S.
- state of Alabama. Shelton was born in Cuba, Alabama in 1886 to Louis Caserel and Nancy (née Thorn) Shelton.
- He served as Tuscaloosa's Justice of the Peace from 1920 until 1926.
- He also served on the city's Board of Registrars from 1935 to 1947.
- Shelton, a Democrat, was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1947 for the district of Tuscaloosa.
- During his time in the house, Shelton played an instrumental role in the building of new trade schools in the Tuscaloosa area, serving until his death in 1954.
- Shelton died in May 1954 shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for another term in the House of Representatives.
- He was buried in Tuscaloosa.
- In a resolution presented to the House, close colleague Artemas K.
- "Temo" Callahan described him as a "true southern gentleman and genuine statesman".
- Ryan DeGraffenried, Sr.
- was elected in a special election for his seat in November.A trade school that opened in 1953 was named the J.
- P.
- Shelton Trade School following his death by a joint resolution in the Alabama House of Representatives.
- The school was later renamed Shelton State Community College after a merger with Brewer State Junior College in 1979.
- Shelton and former representative Callahan were both honored at Shelton State's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2003.Shelton married Annie Elizabeth Walker of York, Alabama on January 24, 1905.
- They had four children, Eva Ray, Janett, Joseph Vernon, and Bacon Bernard.
- He was a member of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and wrote a newspaper column, "Shelton Says", and a book of the same title.
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