Thomas M. Shackleford

Thomas Mitchell Shackleford (November 14, 1859 – September 21, 1927) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1902 to 1917.

[2] He was a lawyer in Tennessee for several months before moving to Lake Weir, Florida in 1882.

Before his appointment to the Florida Supreme Court, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888, a presidential elector of Florida in 1892, and City Attorney of Tampa from 1900 to 1902.

He had an influential role in forming the Florida Bar Association.

[2] In December 1902, under the authority of a new amendment, Governor William Sherman Jennings appointed Evelyn C. Maxwell, Thomas M. Shackleford, and Robert S. Cockrell to seats on the six-man court.