Jacob K. Shafer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob K. Shafer

American politician

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1823

Place of Birth: Broadway, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1876

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jacob K.
Shafer (December 26, 1823 – November 22, 1876) was a Delegate from Idaho Territory. Born near Broadway, Virginia, Shafer was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1843.
And from the law school of L.P.
Thompson in Staunton, Virginia, in 1846.
He moved to Stockton, California in 1849, was admitted to the bar in California and practiced law.
He served as district attorney of the fifth judicial district of California in 1850.
He served as mayor of Stockton in 1852 and as a judge of the San Joaquin County Court from 1853-1862.
In 1862 he moved to what later became Idaho Territory. Shafer was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871), but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
He resumed the practice of law, then later he moved to Eureka, Nevada, where he died November 22, 1876.
He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat