James McMillan Shafter

James McMillan Shafter
James McMillan Shafter
	Shafter in the San Francisco Examiner, 1892
Judge of the ; San Francisco County Superior Court
	In office; June 1889 – January 1, 1891
Appointed by	Robert Waterman
Preceded by	Jeremiah F. Sullivan
Delegate to the Second Constitutional Convention of California
	In office; September 28, 1878 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Constituency	3rd congressional district
12th President pro tempore of the California State Senate
	In office; January 6, 1862 – May 15, 1862
Preceded by	Richard Irwin
Succeeded by	Addison M. Crane
Member of the California Senate; from the 24th district
	In office; January 1861 – January 1865
Preceded by	Archibald C. Peachy
Succeeded by	A. L. Tubbs
5th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
	In office; January 14, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded by	Frederick W. Horn
Succeeded by	Henry L. Palmer
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Sheboygan 1st district
	In office; January 5, 1852 – January 3, 1853
Preceded by	Albert D. La Due
Succeeded by	David Taylor
13th Secretary of State of Vermont
	In office; November 1842 – July 1849
Governor	Charles Paine; John Mattocks; William Slade; Horace Eaton; Carlos Coolidge
Preceded by	Alvah Sabin
Succeeded by	Farrand F. Merrill
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives; from the Townsend district
	In office; October 1, 1841 – October 1, 1843
Preceded by	Samuel F. Thompson
Personal details
Born	May 27, 1816; Athens, Vermont, U.S.
Died	August 29, 1892 (aged 76); San Francisco, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Diabetes
Party	Republican; Natl. Union (1860s); Whig (before 1854);
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	Oscar L. Shafter (brother); William Rufus Shafter (nephew);
Education	Wesleyan University; Yale Law School
Profession	Lawyer

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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. His name was abbreviated in different ways over the course of his life, including J. McM. Shafter, Jas. M'm. Shafter, and other permutations.