Joseph Crockett Shaffer

Joseph Crockett Shaffer (born January 19, 1880 in Wytheville , Wythe County , Virginia , †  October 19, 1958 in Abingdon , Virginia) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1929 and 1931 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Shaffer attended public schools in his home country as well as Plummer College , which he graduated from in 1902. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his admission to the bar in 1904, he began to work in Wytheville in this profession. Between 1908 and 1912 he served as the prosecutor in Wythe County. From 1920 to 1924 he was deputy and then until 1929 actual federal prosecutor for the western part of Virginia. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1928 congressional election , Shaffer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded George C. Peery on March 4, 1929 . Since he was not confirmed in 1930, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1931 . This was shaped by the events of the global economic crisis.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Shaffer practiced as a lawyer again. In 1931 and 1932 he was also a federal prosecutor as successor to his successor John Paul . He also worked in the banking business. In June 1940 he attended the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia as a delegate . He died in Abingdon on October 19, 1958.

Web links

• Joseph Crockett Shaffer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Crockett Shaffer in the database of Find a Grave (English)