James O. Shackleford

James O. Shackleford (1809 – March 13, 1883) was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1865 to 1868.

Early life and career Born in Kentucky, Shackleford moved with his parents to Missouri at an early age. In his early adulthood, he engaged in trapping in New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest. and studied law and began practicing in Dover, Tennessee, in 1832. Shackelford was the last of these three justices to be appointed. to become Chancellor of the Nashville division, All of the judges having resigned, there were none remaining to hold a session in September 1868, so Brownlow reappointed Shackelford for an additional short period, along with Horace Maynard, a lawyer and a Radical member of Congress.

In 1869, Shackleford resumed the practice of law in Nashville, continuing until about 1875, when he moved to Colorado. He settled in Leadville, Colorado, where he spent the rest of his life.

Death Shackleford died in Leadville, Colorado from paralysis, with which he was stricken in 1880, and never recovered.