John E. Sheffield Jr.
John E. Sheffield Jr. was a state legislator in Georgia.[when?] He was a segregationist.[1] He proposed a bill to establish a Georgia Sovereignty Commission to counter desegregation efforts, but the bill failed to get enough votes despite a majority supporting it. He represented Brooks County, Georgia.[2]
He married Berry College graduate Melba Griffin who was a receptionist for Georgia governor Marvin Griffin.[3]
He was a candidate in the 1953 United States House of Representatives elections. He was succeeded in the House by Henry L. Reaves in 1963.
He campaigned for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1962 (Electoral history of Lester Maddox).
References
[edit]- ^ Kousser, J. Morgan (November 9, 2000). Colorblind Injustice: Minority Voting Rights and the Undoing of the Second Reconstruction. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807862650 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Southern school news. (Nashville, Tenn.) 1954-1965, April 01, 1961, Image 16 « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu.
- ^ Home, Purvis Funeral Home and Maxwell-Miller Funeral. "Obituary for Melba Griffin Sheffield | Purvis Funeral Home and Maxwell-Miller Funeral Home". Obituary for Melba Griffin Sheffield | Purvis Funeral Home and Maxwell-Miller Funeral Home.