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
  1. Albany Evening Journal, The Evening Journal Almanac, 1864, page 71
  2. H. Charles Ulman, Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the United States, 1872, page 763
  3. New York Times, Democratic State Convention, September 16, 1864
  4. George Rogers Howell, Jonathan Tenney, Bi-centennial History of Albany, Volume 1, 1886, page 156
  5. New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 1, 1864, page 1
  6. San Francisco Chronicle, The Death of a Noted Lawyer, December 1, 1896
New York State Senate
Preceded by
John V. L. Pruyn		 New York State Senate
13th District
1864–1865		 Succeeded by
Lorenzo D. Collins


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