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| name=Joseph Claude "Joe" Shell, Sr.

| name=Joseph Claude "Joe" Shell, Sr.

|nationality=[[United States|American]]

| nationality=[[United States|American]]

| office=[[California]] State Assemblyman

| office=[[California]] State Assemblyman

| term_start=November 1953

| term_start=November 1953

| term_end=January 1959

| term_end=January 1959

|term_start2=January 1961]

| term_start2=January 1961]

|term_end2=January 1963

| term_end2=January 1963

| preceded=Laughlin E. Waters

| preceded=Laughlin E. Waters

| succeeded=David V. Easton

| succeeded=David V. Easton

|footnotes=Though he lost his high-profile race for the 1962 [[Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial nomination to former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]], Shell was an important player among the conservative grass roots wing of the [[California]] GOP.<br>(2) Shell planned to run for governor again in 1966, but conservatives coalesced behind [[Ronald W. Reagan]], who unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Rdmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.<br>(3) Shell took a leading role in procuring the election of his second wife, Mary K. Shell, as the first woman [[mayor]] of their home city of [[Bakersfield]].<br>(4) Shell was a football star for the [[University of Southern California]] Trojans championship team in 1939 and played in two successful Rose Bowl games.<br>(5) Shell was an advocate of American energy independence and a [[lobbyist]] on behalf of the [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industries.<br>(6) Shell said that [[Watergate]] is the proof that his old intra-party rival Nixon was unsuited to have been the leader of the Republican Party.

|footnotes=Though he lost his high-profile race for the 1962 [[Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial nomination to former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]], Shell was an important player among the conservative grass roots wing of the [[California]] GOP.<br>(2) Shell planned to run for governor again in 1966, but conservatives coalesced behind [[Ronald W. Reagan]], who unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Rdmund G. "Pat" Brown, Sr.<br>(3) Shell took a leading role in procuring the election of his second wife, Mary K. Shell, as the first woman [[mayor]] of their home city of [[Bakersfield]].<br>(4) Shell was a football star for the [[University of Southern California]] Trojans championship team in 1939 and played in two successful Rose Bowl games.<br>(5) Shell was an advocate of American energy independence and a [[lobbyist]] on behalf of the [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] industries.<br>(6) Shell said that [[Watergate]] is the proof that his old intra-party rival Nixon was unsuited to have been the leader of the Republican Party.

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'''Joseph Claude Shell, Sr.''' (September 7, 1918 &ndash; April 7, 2008), was an [[United States|American]] [[oil]] producer and [[lobbyist]] who represented District 58 (the Wilshirea area of West Los Angeles) in the [[California]] State Assembly from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1961 to 1963. In the latter term he was the Assembly [[Republican Party|Republican]] Minority Leader.<ref>http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/news/local/17370404.html</ref> The [[conservative]] Shell is best remembered for having unsuccessfully opposed the more moderate candidate, [[Richard Nixon]], in the [[primary]] election for [[governor]] of California, held on June 5, 1962. Shell, however, contended that Nixon actually opposed him, for Shell had been committed to the governor's race for a year before Nixon's own entry.<ref name=human>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26120</ref>  

'''Joseph Claude Shell, Sr.''' (September 7, 1918 &ndash; April 7, 2008), was an [[United States|American]] [[oil]] producer and [[lobbyist]] who represented District 58 (the Wilshirea area of West Los Angeles) in the [[California]] State Assembly from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1961 to 1963. In the latter term he was the Assembly [[Republican Party|Republican]] Minority Leader.<ref>http://www.eyeoutforyou.com/news/local/17370404.html</ref> The [[conservative]] Shell is best remembered for having unsuccessfully opposed the more moderate candidate, [[Richard Nixon]], in the [[primary]] election for [[governor]] of California, held on June 5, 1962. Shell, however, contended that Nixon actually opposed him, for Shell had been committed to the governor's race for a year before Nixon's own entry.<ref name=human>http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26120</ref>