James McMillan Shafter

James McMillan Shafter
From San Francisco Examiner (August 30, 1892)
California Superior Court Judge for San Francisco County
In office June 1889 – January 1, 1891
Appointed by	Robert Waterman
Preceded by	Jeremiah F. Sullivan
Member of the California Senate from the San Francisco district
In office January 1861 – January 1865
Preceded by	Archibald C. Peachy
Succeeded by	A. L. Tubbs
5th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office January 14, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded by	Frederick W. Horn
Succeeded by	Henry L. Palmer
13th Secretary of State of Vermont
In office November 1842 – July 1849
Preceded by	Alvah Sabin
Succeeded by	Farrand F. Merrill
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Sheboygan 1st district
In office January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded by	Albert D. La Due
Succeeded by	David Taylor
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Townsend district
In office October 1, 1841 – October 1, 1843
Preceded by	Samuel F. Thompson
Succeeded by	Nathan Fisher
Personal details
Born	(1816-05-27)May 27, 1816 Athens, Vermont, U.S.
Died	August 29, 1892(1892-08-29) (aged 76) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Diabetes
Political party	Republican Natl. Union (1860s) Whig (before 1854)
Spouse	Julia Granville Hubbard ​ ​ (m. 1845; died 1871)​
Children	Payne Jewett Shafter (b. 1846; died 1934) James Chester Shafter (b. 1851; died 1929) Chester Hubbard Shafter (b. 1854; died 1863) Julia Ruth (Hamiltony) (b. 1859; died 1936)
Relatives	Oscar L. Shafter (brother) William Rufus Shafter (nephew)
Education	Wesleyan University Yale Law School
Profession	Lawyer

James McMillan Shafter (May 27, 1816 – August 29, 1892) was an American lawyer, politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin and California. He was the 13th Secretary of State of Vermont and the 5th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1852). Later in life he was a California state senator and superior court judge. Near the time of his death, his large dairy ranch in Marin County, California, was described as one of the largest ranches in the world—over 23,000 acres.^[1] His name was abbreviated in different ways over the course of his life, including J. McM. Shafter, Jas. M'm. Shafter, and other permutations.