Background
Shanklin, Arnold was born on January 29, 1866 in at Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Wesley Dunscombe and Locke (Arnold) Shanklin.
Shanklin, Arnold was born on January 29, 1866 in at Carrollton, Missouri, United States. Son of Wesley Dunscombe and Locke (Arnold) Shanklin.
Brother of William Arnold South. Educational public schools. Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1889.
(Doctor of Laws, Upper Iowa University, 1908). Unmarried.
Admitted to bar, 1889. Attorney and counsellor of Supreme Court United States. Commissioner Saint Louis Exposition to Mexico, 1903-1904.
American consul-general at Panama, 1905-1909, at Mexico City, February 19, 1909-October 15, 1915.
Delivered Independence Day oration, July 4, 1909, at Mexico City, delivering part of same in Spanish, and though the United States has had diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823, he was the first orator on such occasion to deliver a part of his oration in Spanish. Republican of State Department and speaker Mississippi Commercial Congress, in Kansas City, 1911.
Member American Bar Association, American Society International Law, Missouri Bar Association, National Geography Society. Member Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Saint Louis, University, Missouri Athletic (Saint Louis).