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 byRobert Waterman
Preceded byJeremiah F. Sullivan
Member of the California Senate
from the San Francisco district
In office
January 1861 – January 1865
Preceded byArchibald C. Peachy
Succeeded byA. L. Tubbs
5th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
January 14, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded byFrederick W. Horn
Succeeded byHenry L. Palmer
13th Secretary of State of Vermont
In office
November 1842 – July 1849
Preceded byAlvah Sabin
Succeeded byFarrand F. Merrill
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Sheboygan 1st district
In office
January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded byAlbert D. La Due
Succeeded byDavid Taylor
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
from the Townsend district
In office
October 1, 1841 – October 1, 1843
Preceded bySamuel F. Thompson
Succeeded byNathan Fisher
Personal details
Born(1816-05-27)May 27, 1816
Athens, Vermont, U.S.
DiedAugust 29, 1892(1892-08-29) (aged 76)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Cause of deathDiabetes
Political party
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
EducationWesleyan University
Yale Law School
ProfessionLawyer

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.

  1. ^ "James M'm. Shafter". San Francisco Chronicle. October 10, 1890. p. 10. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.