Mary Shadow | |
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Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th floterial district | |
In office 1949–1953 | |
Preceded by | Walter White |
Succeeded by | J.R. Fischesser |
Personal details | |
Born | Mary Merrill Shadow July 17, 1925 Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | January 2, 1992 Bad Steben, Germany | (aged 66)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Children | 7 |
Education | |
Mary Merrill Shadow (July 17, 1925 – January 2, 1992) was an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 10th floterial district from 1949 to 1953, as a member of the Democratic Party.
Shadow was born in Winchester, Tennessee, in 1925 and was educated at Tennessee Wesleyan University, University of Alabama, and the University of Kentucky. She defeated incumbent Representative Walter White for a seat in the state house and served until 1953. She was a delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention and unsuccessfully ran to be a delegate to Tennessee's constitutional convention and for a seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives.