James Shields
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byJohn Woods
Succeeded byThomas Corwin
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Butler County
In office
1821–1823
Preceded byRobert Anderson
James Clark
Joel Collins
Succeeded byJames Clark
David Higgins
Marsh Williams
In office
1819–1820
Preceded byRobert Anderson
Joel Collins
William Murray
Succeeded byRobert Anderson
James Clark
Joel Collins
In office
1811–1818
Preceded byJames Clark
James Heaton
John C. Imlay
Succeeded byRobert Anderson
Joel Collins
William Murray
In office
1808–1810
Preceded byWilliam Corry
James McClure
Succeeded byJames Clark
James Heaton
John C. Imlay
In office
1806–1807
Preceded byJames McClure
Matthew Richardson
Succeeded byWilliam Corry
James McClure
Personal details
Born(1762-04-13)April 13, 1762
Banbridge, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland
DiedAugust 13, 1831(1831-08-13) (aged 69)
Venice, Ohio, U.S.
Resting placeVenice Cemetery
Political partyJacksonian
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

James Shields (April 13, 1762 – August 13, 1831) was a one-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving from 1829 to 1831.

Biography

A descendant of the Ó Siadhail family, Shields was born in Banbridge, County Down in the Kingdom of Ireland.

He received a good common-school education, entering the University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1782 and graduated in 1786. He attended medical college for two years, before emigrating to the United States in July 1791 and settled in Frederick County, Virginia, where he taught school. He moved to Butler County, Ohio in 1801, but then returned to Virginia and became a citizen of the United States in 1804.

Political career

He returned to Ohio in 1807 and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives between 1806 and 1827 and was an elector for Andrew Jackson in 1828.[1] He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 21st United States Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).

Death

Shields was killed through the accidental overturning of a stagecoach near Venice, Butler County, Ohio on August 13, 1831. He was interred in Venice Cemetery, Venice, Ohio. He was the uncle of U.S. Senator James Shields.

References

  • United States Congress. "James Shields (id: S000361)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 145.


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