Jacob K. Shafer

Jacob K. Shafer (December 26, 1823 – November 22, 1876) was an American politician who served as the delegate from Idaho Territory.

Preceded byEdward Dexter Holbrook

Succeeded bySamuel A. Merritt

Preceded byWilliam Baker

Succeeded byM.B. Kenney

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Jacob K. Shafer
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho Territory
In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Preceded by	Edward Dexter Holbrook
Succeeded by	Samuel A. Merritt
4th Mayor of Stockton, California
In office January 1853 – May 1853
Preceded by	William Baker
Succeeded by	M.B. Kenney
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1823 Broadway, Virginia, US
Died	November 22, 1876(1876-11-22) (aged 52) Eureka, Nevada, US
Party	Democratic
Profession	Attorney

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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 to 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.