Ira Shafer
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
- ^ Albany Evening Journal, The Evening Journal Almanac, 1864, page 71
- ^ H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States, 1872, page 763
- ^ New York Times, Democratic State Convention, September 16, 1864
- ^ George Rogers Howell, Jonathan Tenney, Bi-centennial History of Albany, Volume 1, 1886, page 156
- ^ New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 1, 1864, page 1
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle, The Death of a Noted Lawyer, December 1, 1896
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