Aaron Shaw

Aaron Shaw (1859)

Aaron Shaw (born December 19, 1811 in Goshen , Orange County , New York , † January 7, 1887 in Olney , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1859 and again from 1883 to 1885 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Aaron Shaw attended the Montgomery Academy in his New York homeland. After a subsequent law degree in Goshen and his admission to the bar in 1833, he began to work in Lawrenceville (Illinois) in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a delegate to the first conference to improve the infrastructure of Illinois. In 1842 Shaw was appointed prosecutor; In 1850 he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives.

In the congressional election of 1856 , Shaw was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Seventh Constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded James C. Allen on March 4, 1857 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1858, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1859 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In 1860, Aaron Shaw was again a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Between 1863 and 1869 he served as a judge in the fourth judicial district of his state. In the elections of 1882 he was re-elected to Congress in the 16th District of Illinois, where he completed another legislative term between March 4, 1883 and March 3, 1885 as the successor to William AJ Sparks . In 1884 he no longer ran. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Aaron Shaw practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Olney on January 7, 1887.

Web links

• Aaron Shaw in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)