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- James Shields (1806--79) was a Union general in the American Civil War. He is the only person to be elected to the United States Senate from three states.
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James Shields (May 10, 1806 [b] – June 1, 1879) was an Irish American politician and United States Army officer, who is the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states, and one of only two to represent multiple states in the U.S. Senate.
James Shields (1806--79) was a Union general in the American Civil War. He is the only person to be elected to the United States Senate from three states. Born in Altmore, Ireland, he emigrated to the United States in 1827 and the following year settled in Kaskaskia, Illinois.
The peripatetic Irish Democrat represented Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri in the Senate. Born in Altimore, County Tyrone, Ireland, on May 10, 1810, Shields received a classical education before immigrating to the United States in 1826.
Jan 3, 2021 · This brief biography of U.S. General and U.S. Senator James Shields was presented to the Minnesota Historical Society on April 13, 1914, by Minnesota historian Henry Anson Castle. Shields was the only person ever to serve as a U.S. Senator from three different states.
James Shields, an Irish immigrant who came to the United States around 1826, was first chosen to represent the state of Illinois in 1849. He became one of the first two senators from Minnesota in 1858, and in 1879, represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate.
Shields was a brigadier general of Illinois volunteers in the Mexican War, and served in the US Senate from 1849 to 1855. After losing a final bid for reelection, he settled in Minnesota, and was elected to the US Senate from that state in 1858.
Aug 1, 2009 · Life of Major-General James Shields, hero of three wars and senator from three states. Book digitized by Google from the library of New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
