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General James Shields was born May 5, 1810 in Ireland
Illinois House of Representative: 1836
Illinois auditor of public accounts: 1841-43
Justice of Illinois Supreme Court: 1843-45
General in the Mexican War
Governor of Oregon Territory: 1848-49
U. S. Senator from Illinois: 1849-55
U. S. Senator from Minnesota: 1858-59
Union General in the Civil War
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives: 1874 and 1879
U. S. Senator form Missouri 1879
He died June 1, 1879, at Ottumwa, Iowa and is buried at St. Mark's Cemetery, Carrollton, Missouri. He is a nephew of James Shields 1762-84.
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