Stanley Preston Cornelius (October 15, 1941 – December 29, 2005) was an American country musician, lawyer, politician and record producer.

He then attended the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1967.

[1] Cornelius was admitted to the Alaska bar on October 18, 1968, and commenced a private law practice based in Anchorage.

[5] Cornelius sponsored a resolution during the legislature's first session calling for Governor Keith Miller to designate October as "Country Music Month" in Alaska.

[1] Cornelius eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he lived the remainder of his life and was involved in the city's country music scene, both as a singer and as a record producer.