George A. Shuford
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George Adams Shuford (September 5, 1895 - December 8, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Shuford attended the public schools and the University of North Carolina 1913-1915. He graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1917. He was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1917. During the First World War entered the first officers' training camp at Fort McPherson, Georgia, in May 1917. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in August 1917 and assigned to the One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry Regiment of the Thirtieth Combat Division. Commissioned a first lieutenant in January 1918 and served in the United States and France. He was discharged at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, April 28, 1919. He was admitted to the North Carolina bar in August 1920 and commenced practice in Asheville, North Carolina. He served as chairman of Buncombe County board of elections 1940-1942. He served in the State house of representatives 1945-1947. State superior court judge 1947-1949.
Shuford was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1959). Had been renominated for the Eighty-sixth Congress but later withdrew because of ill health. He resumed the practice of law. Resided in Asheville, North Carolina, until his death there on December 8, 1962. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.
