George W. Shell

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= George W. Shell

|birth_name=George Washington Shell

|birth_date= {{birth date|1831|11|13}}

|death_date ={{death date and age|1899|12|15|1831|11|13}}

|birth_place= Laurens County, South Carolina, U.S.

|death_place= Laurens County, South Carolina, U.S.

|resting_place =

|image=GeorgeWShell.jpg

|state = South Carolina

|district = 4th

|term_start = March 4, 1891

|term_end = March 3, 1895

|predecessor = William H. Perry

|successor = Stanyarne Wilson

|allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States of America}}

|branch = Confederate States Army

|unit = 3rd Regiment
South Carolina Volunteers
Company A

|battles = American Civil War

|serviceyears = 1861 – 1865

|rank = 35px Captain

|party = Democratic

}}

George Washington Shell (November 13, 1831 – December 15, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Life

Born near Laurens, South Carolina, Shell attended the common schools and Laurens Academy.

He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He entered the Confederate States Army as a private in April 1861 and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of captain.

He resumed agricultural pursuits.

In 1875, he and his brother were charged with the assassination of politician Joseph Crews;{{Cite news|date=September 30, 1875|newspaper=The Anderson Intelligencer |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1875-09-30/ed-1/seq-1/ |access-date=June 15, 2020 |title=The Situation in Laurens |page=1}} a jury acquitted them both after a half-hour of deliberation.{{Cite news|date=June 8, 1876 |newspaper=The Anderson Intelligencer |title=Brieflets of State News|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1876-06-08/ed-1/seq-2/|access-date=June 16, 2020 |page=2}}

He served as member of the State Democratic executive committee in 1886 and 1887.

Chosen president of the State Farmers' Association in 1888.

He served as clerk of court of Laurens County 1888-1896.

Shell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895).

He served as chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics (Fifty-third Congress).

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.

He retired to his plantation near Laurens, South Carolina, and died there December 15, 1899.

He was interred in Chestnut Ridge Cemetery.

Notes

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{{cite book|last1=Salley|first1=Alexander Samuel|title=Tentative Roster of the Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Provisional Army|date=1908|publisher=Historical Commission of South Carolina|location=South Carolina|page=6}}

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