Sheffield Nelson
Politician, Person
1941 –
Who is Sheffield Nelson?
E. Sheffield Nelson is an American attorney, businessman and politician from Little Rock, Arkansas. Originally a Democrat, Nelson in 1990 ran for Governor of Arkansas as a Republican against then governor and future U.S. President Bill Clinton and in 1994 against the Democratic Governor Jim Guy Tucker.
Nelson was born on April 23, 1941 in Keevil near Brinkley in Monroe County in eastern Arkansas. He graduated from Brinkley High School and thereafter received his undergraduate degree in mathematics education from the University of Central Arkansas at Conway, where he was the student body president. He obtained a law degree in 1969 from the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Prior to his foray into politics, he was from 1973 through 1984 the CEO of a natural gas company, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, since known as CenterPoint Energy. Nelson has served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, from 2000 to 2007, under Governor Mike Huckabee. From 1990 to 1992, he was chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1941
Keevil - Profession
- Education
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- University of Central Arkansas
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
- Lived in
- Little Rock
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on July 23, 2013
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