James McMillan Shafter | |
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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 | Athens, Vermont, U.S. | May 27, 1816
Died | August 29, 1892 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Cause of death | Diabetes |
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Julia Granville Hubbard
(m. 1845; died 1871) |
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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.