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Ira Shafer

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Ira Shafer (March 9, 1831 – November 30, 1896) was a New York attorney and politician.

Life and career

Ira Shafer was born in Berne, New York on March 9, 1831.[1] He lived in California in the early 1850s. Upon returning to New York he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced in Albany.[2]

A Democrat,[3] Shafer served as Albany County District Attorney from 1859 to 1862.[4]

Shafer served in the New York State Senate from 1864 to 1865 as the representative of the 13th Senate District.[5]

He died in Highland on November 30, 1896.[6]

References

  1. ^ Albany Evening Journal, The Evening Journal Almanac, 1864, page 71
  2. ^ H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States, 1872, page 763
  3. ^ New York Times, Democratic State Convention, September 16, 1864
  4. ^ George Rogers Howell, Jonathan Tenney, Bi-centennial History of Albany, Volume 1, 1886, page 156
  5. ^ New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 1, 1864, page 1
  6. ^ San Francisco Chronicle, The Death of a Noted Lawyer, December 1, 1896
New York State Senate
Preceded by
John V. L. Pruyn
New York State Senate
13th District

1864–1865
Succeeded by
Lorenzo D. Collins