Mary Shadow

Mary Shadow
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 10th floterial district
In office
1949–1953
Preceded byWalter White
Succeeded byJ.R. Fischesser
Personal details
Born
Mary Merrill Shadow

(1925-07-17)July 17, 1925
Winchester, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJanuary 2, 1992(1992-01-02) (aged 66)
Bad Steben, Germany
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1950)
Children7
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.