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Sam Shelton 1920 - 2011

Sam Shelton of Wake Forest, Wake County, NC was born on May 20, 1920, and died at age 90 years old on January 24, 2011.
Sam Shelton
Wake Forest, Wake County, NC 27587
May 20, 1920
January 24, 2011
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Sam Shelton's History: 1920 - 2011

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  • 05/20
    1920

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    May 20, 1920
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  • 01/24
    2011

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    January 24, 2011
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    Sam Shelton lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1920, in the year that Sam Shelton was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1940, at the age of 20 years old, Sam was alive when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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