James Shields (1762-1831)

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This article is about the United States Representative from Ohio. For the pitcher, see James Shields (pitcher). For the U.S. Senator, see James Shields.

James Shields (April 13, 1762 – August 13, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

He was born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland; he received a good common-school education; entered the University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1782 and was graduated in 1786; attended medical college for two years; immigrated 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. He returned to Ohio in 1807 and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives between 1806 and 1827. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 21st United States Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). 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.

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• James Shields at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by James McClure Matthew Richardson	Representative from Butler County 1806–1807 Served alongside: Solomon Line	Succeeded by William Corry James McClure
Preceded by William Corry James McClure	Representative from Butler County 1808–1810 Served alongside: James Heaton, William Murray	Succeeded by James Clark James Heaton John C. Imlay
Preceded by James Clark James Heaton John C. Imlay	Representative from Butler County 1811–1818 Served alongside: Robert Anderson (1817–1818), Joel Collins (1817–1818), John C. Imlay (1811–1816), William Ludlow (1811–1812), Daniel Millikin (1816–1817), Charles Swearingen (1812–1817)	Succeeded by Robert Anderson Joel Collins William Murray
Preceded by Robert Anderson Joel Collins William Murray	Representative from Butler County 1819–1820 Served alongside: Robert Anderson, Joel Collins	Succeeded by Robert Anderson James Clark Joel Collins
Preceded by Robert Anderson James Clark Joel Collins	Representative from Butler County 1821–1823 Served alongside: Robert Anderson (1821–1822), Joel Collins (1821–1823), James McBride (1822–1823)	Succeeded by James Clark David Higgins Marsh Williams
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Woods	United States Representative from Ohio's 2nd congressional district 1829-03-04 – 1831-03-03	Succeeded by Thomas Corwin