Mr. Speaker. Gen. James Shields was born in Ireland in the year 1810. died at Ottawa. Iowa. in the year 1879. He emigratedto the United States in the year 1826. read law. and commenced the practice of his profession at Kaskaskia. Ill.. in the year 1832. He was elected to the Illinois Legislature in the year 1839. and was a contemporary of Douglas. Lincoln. Hardin. David Davis. Stephen T. Logan. Judge Breese. Lyman Trumbull. and Gen. E. D. Baker. He was auditor of the State in 1839. was subsequently judge of the Illinois supreme court. and in 1845 was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office.
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