James Shields (born either in
1806 or
1810 records conflict-
June 1,
1879) was an
American politican who was born in
Ireland. Shields had the honor to serve in the
US Senate as a
Democrat for three different states. He was the senator from
Illinois 1849 to
1855, from
Minnesota from
May 11,
1858 to
March 3,
1859 and from
Missouri from
January 27,
1879, to
March 3,
1879. He died in
Ottumwa, Iowa on June 1, 1879.