James Shields (politician, 1762)

James Shields (born April 13, 1762 in Banbridge , Ireland , † August 13, 1831 in Ross , Butler County , Ohio ) was an Irish- American politician of the Democratic Party . From 1829 to 1831 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the second  congressional district of the state of Ohio.

biography

James Shields was born in Banbridge, which was then part of Ireland. Today Banbridge is in Northern Ireland. After a general school education, he studied from 1782 at the University of Glasgow in Scotland Medicine . In 1786 he finished his studies. In 1791 he emigrated to the USA. There he settled in Frederick County , Virginia , where he worked as a teacher. In 1801 he moved briefly to Butler County, Ohio, but went back to Virginia. In 1804 he became a citizen of the USA. In 1807 he moved again to Ohio, since he had a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1806 . He sat in the House of Representatives for a total of 21 years, until 1827.

In the 1828 congressional elections , Shields was elected to the US House of Representatives as the Democratic representative in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District. There he represented the 2nd district for one legislative period until 1831.

Shields died when he was struck dead by an overturning stagecoach. He was buried in Venice Cemetery in Ross.

Web links

• James Shields in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Shields in the database of Find a Grave (English)