Lawrence Shields (politician)

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Idus Lawrence Shields (born July 1, 1894 in Thomson , McDuffie County , Georgia , † October 9, 1976 in Columbus , Georgia) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ).

Life

Shields is the son of Wiley Octavious Shields (1847-1916) and Georgia Anna Shields (1854-1911) and grew up with several siblings. In May 1911 he graduated from Thomson High School . After the United States entered World War I , Shields began his service in the Special Training Detachment at the University of Georgia in Athens in April 1918 . In July 1918 he was transferred to Camp Meade in Maryland and in the same month shipped from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania via Romsey and Southampton in England to Le Havre in France . There he served as a private in Company E of the 304th Ammunition Train and fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive .

From the 1920s he was active in the theater business in Columbus, Georgia. In the 1940s he was a Democrat in the Georgia House of Representatives .

From 1952 he was a member of the Columbus City Commission . In the same year he exercised the office of mayor pro tempore under Mayor BF Register . In 1953, Shields himself held the office of mayor of Columbus.

Shields was a Baptist , a Freemason, and a member of the American Legion . He had a daughter from his divorce in 1928. In 1930 he married again. From this marriage two daughters were born. Shield died on October 9, 1976 at the age of 82 in St. Francis Hospital in Columbus as a result of acute coronary obstruction. On October 11th he was buried in Park Hill Cemetery in Columbus.

literature

  • Georgia's Official Register , p. 569 f., (The Department, 1965)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Stephen Latham Lawton, Robert Augustus Printup: The Printup family in America, 1695-1988 (1989)
  2. ^ A b c d Georgia Local Government Journal , Volumes 2-4, (Georgia Municipal Association, 1952)
  3. ↑ Georgia's Official Register , pp. 569 f., (The Department, 1965)
  4. ↑ a b List of Mayors of Columbus, Georgia , Columbus City website
personal data
SURNAME Shields, Lawrence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shields, Idus Lawrence (full name); Shields, I. Lawrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Thomson , McDuffie County , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1976
Place of death Columbus , Georgia