About Ira Shafer
Lived 1831 – 1896 (aged 65). Ira Shafer was an American lawyer and politician.
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. 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.
A Democrat, Shafer served as Albany County District Attorney from 1859 to 1862.
Shafer served in the New York State Senate from 1864 to 1865 as the representative of the 13th Senate District.
He died in Highland on November 30, 1896.
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Who was Ira Shafer?
American politician (1831-1896)
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Ira Shafer was born on 9 March 1831 in Berne.
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Ira Shafer died on 30 November 1896.
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Ira Shafer was a lawyer and politician.
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Ira Shafer was American.
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